Power plant · Stafford, England, United Kingdom
Newcastle Road, Cotes Heath - Solar Panels
Newcastle Road, Cotes Heath - Solar Panels is a planned power plant in Stafford, England, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, operated by Ampyr Solar Europe.
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 | Stafford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | E/O Newcastle Road, Cotes Heath, Stafford, ST21 6SX | 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 | 31 Jul 2025 (reference 25/40876/FUL, planning authority Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ampyr Solar Europe | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 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 | 28.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9123, -2.2464 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · 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.
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Newcastle Road, Cotes Heath - Solar Panels is the 1,344th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,094th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,344th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,094th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,421st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 22 grid connections (13 operating, 134 MW), 13 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 | — | — | 10 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 29 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 37 km |
| Dane Moss Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 37 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 3 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 37 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 38 km |
| S.E. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Chelford | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.