Power plant · Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Rosefield Solar Farm
Rosefield Solar Farm is a planned solar power plant in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, covering 673 ha, operated by Rosefield Energyfarm 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 | Buckinghamshire (coordinates), England (Eastern) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Four land parcels to the south and west of the East Claydon substation, Bucks. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (recommendation) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Sept 2025 (reference EN010158, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Rosefield Energyfarm Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 673 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9053, -0.9374 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010158) · source
How it compares by area
Rosefield Solar Farm is the 82nd-largest of 2,299 power plants in England and the 89th-largest of 2,672 in the United Kingdom by area, with 673 ha. It reports no capacity, so it is ranked by area among the power plants in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 82nd of 2,299 |
| United Kingdom | 89th of 2,672 |
| All power plants in our data | 110th of 2,694 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 103 substations, 99 grid connections (44 operating, 457 MW) and 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 8.4 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 9.2 km |
| Part Haveleys Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 45.5 MW | Planned | 9.9 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Bicester North Primary | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 21 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.
- © 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee). Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee), CC0 1.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.