Power plant · Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Orbital Shopping Park, North Swindon District Centre - Solar panels
Orbital Shopping Park, North Swindon District Centre - Solar panels is a cancelled solar power plant in Swindon, England, United Kingdom, with 2 MW of capacity, operated by Orbital Retail Park Swindon 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 | Swindon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Units B11-D3, Orbital Shopping Park, Swindon, SN25 4AN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 18 Mar 2024 (permit S/PSOLP/24/0107, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 31 Jan 2024 (reference S/PSOLP/24/0107, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Mar 2024 (granted, reference S/PSOLP/24/0107, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Orbital Retail Park Swindon Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2 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 |
| Coordinates | 51.5979, -1.8057 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Swindon, reference S/PSOLP/24/0107)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Swindon, reference S/PSOLP/24/0107)
How it compares
Orbital Shopping Park, North Swindon District Centre - Solar panels is the 3,284th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 4,810th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,284th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,810th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 14,071st of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 203 grid connections (111 operating, 1,255 MW), 136 substations, 10 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Swindon Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 50.6 MW grid connection at Stratton | Grid connection | 50.6 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Chapel Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Hydro 3.8 MW grid connection at Chapel Farm | Grid connection | 3.8 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Trading Estate Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.6 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 5.9 km |
Operator and place
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- 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. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
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