Power plant · Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom
Snowswick Lane, Coleshill - Solar Farm
Snowswick Lane, Coleshill - Solar Farm is a planned power plant in Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom, with 39.6 MW of capacity, operated by Abei Energy Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Vale of White Horse (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Snowswick Lane near Coleshill, SN6 7PS | 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 | 20 Aug 2025 (reference P25/V1646/FUL, planning authority Vale of White Horse) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Abei Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 39.6 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 | 73 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6472, -1.6603 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Vale of White Horse, reference P25/V1646/FUL)
How it compares
Snowswick Lane, Coleshill - Solar Farm is the 913th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,441st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 39.6 MW is <0.1% 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 | 913th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,441st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,660th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 209 grid connections (109 operating, 1,279 MW), 143 substations and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highworth Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 73.3 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| I Westmill - Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| Westmill Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Faringdon Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Lechlade Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Shrivenham Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Operator and place
More from Abei Energy Limited
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- Ramsclough Farm, Haslingden Old Road - Solar Farm26.4 MW · planned
- Snowswick Lane, Coleshill - Solar Farm25 MW · planned
- Snapewood Solar Farm10 MW · permitted
- Highworth Solar Farm grid connection73.3 MW
- Ramsclough Solar Farm grid connection26 MW
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.