Power plant · Dorset, England, United Kingdom
North Farm, Horton - Solar Farm
North Farm, Horton - Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, with 19 MW of capacity, operated by BayWa r.e. and North Farm Mannington Solar Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Dorset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North Farm Horton, BH21 7HL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 7 May 2025 (permit P/FUL/2023/02829, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 May 2023 (reference P/FUL/2023/02829, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 May 2025 (granted, reference P/FUL/2023/02829, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BayWa r.e. (North Farm Mannington Solar Limited / BayWa r.e., applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | North Farm Mannington Solar Limited (North Farm Mannington Solar Limited / BayWa r.e., applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 19 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 | 29.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8795, -1.9528 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Dorset, reference P/FUL/2023/02829)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Dorset, reference P/FUL/2023/02829)
How it compares
North Farm, Horton - Solar Farm is the 1,038th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,687th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 19 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 | 1,038th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,687th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,778th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 218 grid connections (134 operating, 1,023 MW), 163 substations and 6 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgehill PV grid connection | Grid connection | 12.1 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Wimborne St Giles Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Hinton Martell Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Verwood Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Row Hill Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 4.6 km |
| Verwood PV grid connection | Grid connection | 15.2 MW | Operating | 5.5 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 49 km |
Operators and place
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- 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.
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- © 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.
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