Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Mylen Leah Solar Farm
Mylen Leah Solar Farm is a planned power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, operated by Mylen Leah Solar Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England (Yorkshire and the Humber) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land to the south of Melbourne, the west of Seaton Ross and to the north of the A163 road within East Riding of Yorkshire. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Feb 2027 (reference EN0110002, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected February 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Mylen Leah Solar Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 1,155 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8665, -0.8452 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares by area
Mylen Leah Solar Farm is the 62nd-largest of 2,300 power plants in England and the 67th-largest of 2,673 in the United Kingdom by area, with 1,155 ha. It reports no capacity, so it is ranked by area among the power plants in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 62nd of 2,300 |
| United Kingdom | 67th of 2,673 |
| All power plants in our data | 88th of 2,695 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 406 grid connections (199 operating, 2,574 MW), 227 substations, 5 data centers and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhill Lane | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Hayton | Substation | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Waste 1.995 MW grid connection at Southgate | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 7.2 km |
| Holme Upon Spalding Moor | Substation | — | — | 7.9 km |
| Solar 2.66 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 2.66 MW | Planned | 8.8 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 12.5 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 12.5 MW | Planned | 9.2 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 28 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 29 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee). Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee), CC0 1.0.