Power plant · Fylde, England, United Kingdom
Smithy Lane, Staining - Solar PV Panels & BESS
Smithy Lane, Staining - Solar PV Panels & BESS is a planned power plant in Fylde, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by Boom Power Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Fylde (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adj Kings Close & Smithy Lane, Staining, Blackpool, FY3 0BJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Feb 2026 (reference 26/0023, planning authority Fylde) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Boom Power Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 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 | 54.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8232, -2.9811 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Smithy Lane, Staining - Solar PV Panels & BESS is the 836th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,342nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 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 | 836th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,342nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,556th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 259 grid connections (142 operating, 1,533 MW), 182 substations, 2 transmission lines, 1 gas storage facility and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLD040 Blackpool East grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Todderstaff Hall Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.31 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Mereside | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Aldon Stor grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Poulton | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Preston Old RD | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 7.7 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 9.2 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 17 km |
Operator and place
More from Boom Power Limited
- Wheaten Hill Farm - BESS400 MW · planned
- East Yorkshire Solar Farm400 MW · permitted
- Kenley Solar Farm49.9 MW · permitted
- Smithy Lane, Staining - Solar PV Panels & BESS40 MW · planned
- Crays Hall Farm - Solar Arrays25.6 MW
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.