Power plant · Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Poplar Lane Wind Farm
Poplar Lane Wind Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, with 14 MW of capacity, operated by Nuon Renewables.
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 | Shropshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North Shropshire midway between the villages of Woore and Norton in Hales. | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Apr 2008 (reference 08/00831/EIA, planning authority Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Sept 2008 (refused, reference 08/00831/EIA, planning authority Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Jul 2009 (appeal refused, reference 08/00831/EIA, planning authority Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Nuon Renewables (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 7 units (2 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9584, -2.4147 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (appeal refused, planning authority Shropshire, reference 08/00831/EIA)
- Permit refused (planning authority Shropshire, reference 08/00831/EIA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Shropshire, reference 08/00831/EIA)
How it compares
Poplar Lane Wind Farm is the 1,191st-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 1,958th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 1,191st of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,958th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,167th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 27 substations, 26 grid connections (17 operating, 120 MW), 5 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 21 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 30 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 30 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 34 km |
| Chelford | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
| Dane Moss Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 36 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.97 MW | Operating | 36 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 36 km |
Operator and place
More from Nuon Renewables
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- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- 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. 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.