Power plant · Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Skelton Grange Landfill Site, Pontefract Lane - Solar Farm
Skelton Grange Landfill Site, Pontefract Lane - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Leeds, England, United Kingdom, with 4.4 MW of capacity, operated by Biffa Waste Services 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 | Leeds (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Skelton Grange Landfill Site, Newsam Green, Pontefract Lane, Richmond Hill, Leeds, LS15 9AD | 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 | 29 Sept 2023 (permit 22/07964/FU, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Dec 2022 (ref. 22/07964/FU, Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Sept 2023 (granted, ref. 22/07964/FU, Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Biffa Waste Services Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.4 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 | 5.17 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7718, -1.4440 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Skelton Grange Landfill Site, Pontefract Lane - Solar Farm is the 1,687th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,586th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.4 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 | 1,687th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,586th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,728th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 419 grid connections (213 operating, 2,242 MW), 369 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste 6.3 MW grid connection at Royds Lane | Grid connection | 6.3 MW | Operating | 0.0 km |
| Solar 1.434 MW grid connection at Knostrop | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Solar 4 MW grid connection at Pontefract Lane 1/2 | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Selby Road | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Skelton Grange | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Stourton 132/11kV Direct | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 18 km |
Operator and place
More from Biffa Waste Services Limited
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- Silver Lane, Risley - Solar Farm5 MW · permitted
- Holiday Moss Landfill Site, Reeds Brow - Battery Storage3 MW · permitted
- Howden Clough Landfill, Howden Clough Road - Solar Farm2.4 MW · planned
- Former Howden Clough, Howden Clough Road - Battery Units2 MW · permitted
- Grove Farm, Daventry Road - Solar Farm1.8 MW · planned
- Biffa Electricity Generating Compound, Burtonhead Road - Battery Storage1 MW · permitted
- Waste 2.65 MW grid connection at Sutton Lane2.65 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.