Power plant · West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Rugby Road, Kilsby - Rainsbrook Solar Farm
Rugby Road, Kilsby - Rainsbrook Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 13 MW of capacity, operated by Voltalia.
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 | West Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Rugby Road, Kilsby, Rugby, CV21 4PN | 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 | 12 Apr 2023 (permit WND/2022/0243, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Jul 2022 (reference WND/2022/0243, planning authority West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Apr 2023 (granted, reference WND/2022/0243, planning authority West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Voltalia | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 13 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 | 24 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.3474, -1.1964 | 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 granted (planning authority West Northamptonshire, reference WND/2022/0243)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Northamptonshire, reference WND/2022/0243)
How it compares
Rugby Road, Kilsby - Rainsbrook Solar Farm is the 1,394th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,171st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 13 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 | 1,394th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,171st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,852nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 11 grid connections (5 operating, 37.1 MW), 9 data centers and 6 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellermann Tyton Data | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 710050084) | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 42 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 42 km |
| Deddington Primary | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
| Tritax Symmetry Park grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 43 km |
| Hill Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.51 MW | Operating | 44 km |
| Upper Heyford Primary | Substation | — | — | 47 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.
- 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.