Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Number One Industrial Estate - Solar Panels
Number One Industrial Estate - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 1.02 MW of capacity, operated by Gardner Aerospace.
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 | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Unit 24 Number One Industrial Estate Consett, DH8 6SR | 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 | 4 Apr 2022 (permit DM/22/00431/FPA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Feb 2022 (ref. DM/22/00431/FPA, County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Apr 2022 (granted, ref. DM/22/00431/FPA, County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Gardner Aerospace | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.02 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 | 0.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.8652, -1.8241 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Number One Industrial Estate - Solar Panels is the 2,075th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,093rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.02 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 | 2,075th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,093rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,325th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 255 grid connections (130 operating, 1,606 MW) and 154 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consett | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Biomass 1 MW grid connection at Consett | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| 2.1MW Solar - Lanchester Wine Cellars Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| Wind 1 MW grid connection at Annfield 66/20kV | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| Annfield | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Annfield 66/20kV | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.