Power plant · Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Prospect Farm
Prospect Farm is a cancelled solar power plant in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1.2 MW of capacity, operated by Raw 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 | Buckinghamshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Prospect Farm, The Highway, Drayton Parslow, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0JW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 8 Jun 2015 (permit 15/00557/APP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Mar 2015 (reference 15/00557/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Jun 2015 (granted, reference 15/00557/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Raw Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.2 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 | 51.9534, -0.7719 | 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 expired
- Permit granted (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 15/00557/APP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 15/00557/APP)
How it compares
Prospect Farm is the 3,775th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 5,492nd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.2 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 3,775th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,492nd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 15,249th of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 79 grid connections (37 operating, 353 MW), 74 substations and 49 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 7.9 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 9.9 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 21 km |
| Part Haveleys Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 45.5 MW | Planned | 22 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Bicester North Primary | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
Operator and place
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- 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.
- 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.
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