Power plant · Preston, England, United Kingdom
Red Scar Industrial Estate Power Station
Red Scar Industrial Estate Power Station is a cancelled power plant in Preston, England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Torino Limited.
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 | Preston (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Unit G10, Redscar Business Park, Longridge Road, Preston, PR2 5LX | 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 | 12 May 2004 (permit 06/04/0197, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Preston) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Feb 2004 (reference 06/04/0197, planning authority Preston) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 May 2004 (granted, reference 06/04/0197, planning authority Preston) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Torino Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Advanced Conversion Technologies | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7951, -2.6326 | 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 Preston, reference 06/04/0197)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Preston, reference 06/04/0197)
How it compares
Red Scar Industrial Estate was cancelled before it was built: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 1 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 363 grid connections (197 operating, 1,719 MW), 346 substations, 11 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fell View Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.6 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Fell View Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Grimsargh Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 2.48 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Preston East BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Preston East | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Ribbleton | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 12 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 26 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 28 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.