Power plant · North Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Oakley Bush Solar Farm - Solar PV Panels
Oakley Bush Solar Farm - Solar PV Panels is a planned power plant in North Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 39 MW of capacity, operated by Buccleuch Estates Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Newton Road, N/O Newton, Kettering, NN14 1BW | 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 | 5 Nov 2024 (reference NK/2024/0599, planning authority North Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Buccleuch Estates Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 39 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 | 105 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.4473, -0.7020 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority North Northamptonshire, reference NK/2024/0599)
How it compares
Oakley Bush Solar Farm - Solar PV Panels is the 916th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,445th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 39 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 916th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,445th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,672nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Horizon Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Hellermann Tyton Data | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 42 km |
Operator 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.
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