Power plant · Staffordshire Moorlands, England, United Kingdom
New Buildings Solar Farm, Sandon Road - Solar Farm
New Buildings Solar Farm, Sandon Road - Solar Farm is a planned solar power plant in Staffordshire Moorlands, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by New Buildings Solar Farm Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Staffordshire Moorlands (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | New Buildings Solar Farm, Sandon Road, Hilderstone, ST15 8SL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 Sept 2025 (reference SMD/2025/0388, planning authority Staffordshire Moorlands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | New Buildings Solar Farm Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 103 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9320, -2.0524 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Staffordshire Moorlands, reference SMD/2025/0388)
How it compares
New Buildings Solar Farm, Sandon Road - Solar Farm is the 681st-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,135th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 681st of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,135th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,366th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 28 grid connections (15 operating, 138 MW), 21 substations, 3 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Dane Moss Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 35 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 3 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| S.E. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 36 km |
| S.W. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Ashwood Dale | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 41 km |
Operator and place
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- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.