Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Old Chalk Pit, West Back Side - Three Oaks Renewable Park
Old Chalk Pit, West Back Side - Three Oaks Renewable Park is a permitted power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 39 MW of capacity, operated by Ridge Clean Energy Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | W/O Old Chalk Pit, West Back Side, Haisthorpe, Driffield, YO25 4NW | 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 | 21 Mar 2024 (permit 22/02777/STPLF, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Oct 2022 (ref. 22/02777/STPLF, East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Mar 2024 (granted, ref. 22/02777/STPLF, East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ridge Clean Energy 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 | 68.6 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.0729, -0.2864 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Old Chalk Pit, West Back Side - Three Oaks Renewable Park 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 300,661 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 | 916th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,445th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,672nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 135 grid connections (67 operating, 980 MW), 77 substations, 3 transmission lines and 1 CO2 emitter, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 36 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Wind 25.2 MW grid connection at Thornholme Wind Direct | Grid connection | 25.2 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Waste 1.71 MW grid connection at Brett Street | Grid connection | 1.71 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Brett Street | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Martongate | Substation | — | — | 7.6 km |
| Driffield | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 31 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 32 km |
| Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 36 km |
Operator and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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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.