Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Old Wells Road, Stoke St Michael - Solar Panels
Old Wells Road, Stoke St Michael - Solar Panels is a planned solar power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 1.93 MW of capacity, operated by John Wainwright & Co Limited.
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 | Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Old Wells Road, Stoke St Michael, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4GD | 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 | 23 Sept 2024 (reference 2024/1650/FUL, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | John Wainwright & Co Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.93 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 | 4.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2140, -2.4632 | 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 2024/1650/FUL)
How it compares
Old Wells Road, Stoke St Michael - Solar Panels is the 1,450th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,296th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.93 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 | 1,450th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,296th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,518th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 129 grid connections (80 operating, 765 MW), 69 substations, 5 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holwell Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Landmark Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 5.5 MW | Planned | 5.6 km |
| Holwell PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.55 MW | Operating | 5.9 km |
| Monksham Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 9.7 km |
| Bruton Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Frome BSP | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 28 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.