Power plant · Basingstoke and Deane, England, United Kingdom
Preston Farm, Preston Candover - Solar PV Array
Preston Farm, Preston Candover - Solar PV Array is a permitted power plant in Basingstoke and Deane, England, United Kingdom, with 28 MW of capacity, operated by BSR Energy.
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 | Basingstoke and Deane (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Preston Candover Church Lane Preston Candover, RG25 2DS | 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 | 16 Sept 2022 (permit 21/03398/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Basingstoke and Deane) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Nov 2021 (reference 21/03398/FUL, planning authority Basingstoke and Deane) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Sept 2022 (granted, reference 21/03398/FUL, planning authority Basingstoke and Deane) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BSR Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 28 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 | 50.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1797, -1.1573 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Basingstoke and Deane, reference 21/03398/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Basingstoke and Deane, reference 21/03398/FUL)
How it compares
Preston Farm, Preston Candover - Solar PV Array is the 1,074th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,692nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 28 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,074th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,692nd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,173rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 245 substations, 214 grid connections (110 operating, 1,187 MW), 33 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Preston Candover Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Upper PV Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 7.52 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| Farleigh Wallop AD Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 1.48 MW | Operating | 4.7 km |
| Down Grange Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.1 km |
| Herriard Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.1 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1164817477) | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Ark Data Centres data center, England | Data center | — | — | 28 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.
- 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.