Power plant · Dacorum, England, United Kingdom
Pudds Cross Farm, Pudds Cross - Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage
Pudds Cross Farm, Pudds Cross - Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage is a permitted solar power plant in Dacorum, England, United Kingdom, with 22 MW of capacity, operated by BSR Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Dacorum (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Pudds Cross Farm Pudds Cross Bovingdon, HP3 0NQ | 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 | 23 Dec 2025 (permit 25/01535/MFA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dacorum) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Jun 2025 (reference 25/01535/MFA, planning authority Dacorum) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Dec 2025 (granted, reference 25/01535/MFA, planning authority Dacorum) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BSR Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 22 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 | 56.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7109, -0.5428 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Dacorum, reference 25/01535/MFA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Dacorum, reference 25/01535/MFA)
How it compares
Pudds Cross Farm, Pudds Cross - Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage is the 955th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,545th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 22 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 955th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,545th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,326th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 165 substations, 149 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 100 grid connections (46 operating, 462 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.1 km |
| Generation 99 MW grid connection at Amersham Main | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 9.0 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 2 | Data center | — | — | 9.1 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 3 | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Amersham GSP | Substation | — | — | 9.3 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 4 | Data center | — | — | 9.4 km |
| Grassingham Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Wapseys Wood grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Wapseys Wood III grid connection | Grid connection | 6.65 MW | Operating | 14 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. 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.