Power plant · Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom
Princess Royal Hospital, Grainger Drive - Solar PV Panels
Princess Royal Hospital, Grainger Drive - Solar PV Panels is a permitted power plant in Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, with 2.08 MW of capacity, operated by Shresbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
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 | Telford and Wrekin (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Princess Royal Hospital, Grainger Drive, Apley, TF1 6TF | 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 | 1 Jun 2026 (permit TWC/2026/0269, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Telford and Wrekin) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 Apr 2026 (reference TWC/2026/0269, planning authority Telford and Wrekin) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Jun 2026 (granted, reference TWC/2026/0269, planning authority Telford and Wrekin) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shresbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.08 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 | 52.7128, -2.5087 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Telford and Wrekin, reference TWC/2026/0269)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Telford and Wrekin, reference TWC/2026/0269)
How it compares
Princess Royal Hospital, Grainger Drive - Solar PV Panels is the 1,843rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,800th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.08 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 | 1,843rd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,800th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,998th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 transmission lines, 3 data centers and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 29 km |
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid) | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 41 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 46 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 48 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.
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