Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
North Newton Solar Farm
North Newton Solar Farm is a planned solar power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by North Newton Solar Farm Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West of Maunsel Road, North Newton, TA7 0BS | 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 | 16 Feb 2026 (reference 37/25/00101, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | North Newton Solar Farm Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 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 | 56.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.0711, -2.9978 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Somerset, reference 37/25/00101)
How it compares
North Newton Solar Farm is the 806th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,321st-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 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 | 806th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,321st of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,733rd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 41 grid connections (26 operating, 171 MW), 20 substations, 2 data centers and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Fleet Air Arm Museum grid connection | Grid connection | 4.01 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Larkhill Primary | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Bunford Park Development grid connection | Grid connection | 6.17 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Southfield Farm Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| West Hendford Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Chilton Cantello Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 32 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 32 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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.