Power plant · Slough, England, United Kingdom
Poyle Park Solar Farm
Poyle Park Solar Farm is a cancelled power plant in Slough, England, United Kingdom, with 4.5 MW of capacity, operated by Sirius SBC 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 | Slough (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Former Poyle Park Manor Landfi, Old Bath Road, Colnbrook, Slough, SL3 0HY | 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 |
| Application date | 29 Jul 2015 (reference P/10012/005, planning authority Slough) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Dec 2016 (appeal refused, reference P/10012/005, planning authority Slough) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Oct 2015 (refused, reference P/10012/005, planning authority Slough) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sirius SBC Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.5 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 | 10.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4792, -0.5157 | 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 Slough, reference P/10012/005)
- Permit refused (planning authority Slough, reference P/10012/005)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Slough, reference P/10012/005)
How it compares
Poyle Park Solar Farm is the 2,279th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,402nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 2,279th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,402nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,118th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 189 substations, 154 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 120 grid connections (64 operating, 682 MW) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longford BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Lakeside Energy From Waste Limited grid connection | Grid connection | 43.4 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Poyle Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Iverzdata NOT Availablezz grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Sutton Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| British Telecom Computer Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Waste 2.65 MW grid connection at Sutton Lane | Grid connection | 2.65 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Digital Realty LHR17 | Data center | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Virtus London8 | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.