Power plant · East Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
North Angle Farm
North Angle Farm is a power plant under construction in East Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, with 29.4 MW of capacity, operated by Bouygues ES and Cambridgeshire County Council.
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 Cambridgeshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Soham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5HX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 25 Nov 2020 (permit 20/00761/CCA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Cambridgeshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Aug 2020 (reference 20/00761/CCA, planning authority East Cambridgeshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Nov 2020 (granted, reference 20/00761/CCA, planning authority East Cambridgeshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Bouygues ES (Cambridgeshire County Council / Bouygues ES) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cambridgeshire County Council (Cambridgeshire County Council / Bouygues ES) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 29.4 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 | 73.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.3233, 0.3192 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority East Cambridgeshire, reference 20/00761/CCA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Cambridgeshire, reference 20/00761/CCA)
How it compares
North Angle Farm is the 872nd-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,417th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 29.4 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 872nd of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,417th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,849th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| West Cambridge Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 45 km |
Operators 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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- 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.