Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Partridge Hill Solar Farm
Partridge Hill Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom, with 33 MW of capacity, operated by Belvedere Energy Developments and Green Switch Solutions.
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 | Doncaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Partridge Hill Farm, High Common Lane, Austerfield, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN10 6HA | 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 | 29 Jul 2016 (permit 15/01268/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 May 2015 (ref. 15/01268/FULM, Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Jul 2016 (granted, ref. 15/01268/FULM, Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Belvedere Energy Developments | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Switch Solutions | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 33 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 | 54.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4621, -1.0132 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Partridge Hill Solar Farm is the 971st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,543rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 33 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 | 971st of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,543rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,914th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 488 grid connections (175 operating, 2,036 MW), 224 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Solar 40 MW grid connection at Bawtry Solar | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Austerfield | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Austerfield, Bawtry Road, Norwith Farm, Misson Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Solar 8 MW grid connection at Doncaster Inland Port | Grid connection | 8 MW | Planned | 5.2 km |
| West End Lane | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Harworth | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 9.8 km |
Operators and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.