Power plant · South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Side Barn, Church Lane - Solar Farm
Side Barn, Church Lane - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 24 MW of capacity, operated by PS Renewables.
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 | South Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Side Barn Church Lane, NG32 3LS | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 15 Jan 2025 (permit S24/0360, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Apr 2024 (reference S24/0360, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Jan 2025 (granted, reference S24/0360, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Jul 2024 (refused, reference S24/0360, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Jan 2025 (appeal granted, reference S24/0360, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | PS Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 24 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 | 42.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9321, -0.5471 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Side Barn, Church Lane - Solar Farm is the 1,151st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,800th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 24 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,151st of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,800th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,456th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 233 grid connections (4 operating, 14.4 MW), 5 data centers, 3 transmission lines and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasture Farm, Pasture Farm Solar Plant grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Kesteven Energy Solar Farm 1 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Grantham Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 31 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 31 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.