Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Sedgeby Solar Farm
Sedgeby Solar Farm is a planned power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 350 MW of capacity, operated by Sedgeby Solar 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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England (Yorkshire and the Humber) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Near Little Sessay, North Yorkshire. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Aug 2027 (reference EN0110026, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected August 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sedgeby Solar Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 350 MW (description) | 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 | 421 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.1592, -1.2994 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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.
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Sedgeby Solar Farm is the 133rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 198th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 350 MW is 0.12% 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 | 133rd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.19% |
| United Kingdom | 198th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.12% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 439th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 239 grid connections (116 operating, 1,359 MW), 179 substations, 4 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessay Bridge/Sowerby | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Solar 3.563 MW grid connection at Sessay Bridge/Sowerby | Grid connection | 3.56 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Waste 2 MW grid connection at Husthwaite 33/11kV | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Solar 50 MW grid connection at Brafferton Solar Farm Direct | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 3.8 km |
| Husthwaite | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Husthwaite 33/11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| VocaLink | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 29 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 44 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
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