Power plant · Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
Snop UK, Washington Road - Solar Panels
Snop UK, Washington Road - Solar Panels is a permitted solar power plant in Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, with 1.15 MW of capacity, operated by Snop UK 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | SNOP UK, Washington Road - Solar Panels | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Sunderland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S N O P 2 International Drive, SR5 3FH | 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 | 9 Mar 2026 (permit 26/00033/PCZ, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Sunderland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Jan 2026 (reference 26/00033/PCZ, planning authority Sunderland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Mar 2026 (granted, reference 26/00033/PCZ, planning authority Sunderland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Snop UK Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.15 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 |
| Coordinates | 54.9254, -1.4753 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Sunderland, reference 26/00033/PCZ)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Sunderland, reference 26/00033/PCZ)
How it compares
Snop UK, Washington Road - Solar Panels is the 1,552nd-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,421st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.15 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 1,552nd of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,421st of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,671st of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 278 grid connections (142 operating, 1,797 MW), 161 substations and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nissan Car Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Nissan Car Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Solar 13.8 MW grid connection at Nissan | Grid connection | 13.8 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| West Boldon | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Usworth | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Boldon Downhill | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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