Power plant · Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
Southlands Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Southlands Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom, with 57 MW of capacity, operated by Cero Generation and Enso Green Holdings 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 | Chelmsford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land South Of Southlands Cottages Runwell Road Runwell, SS11 7AB | 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 | 26 Nov 2024 (permit 23/00532/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Chelmsford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Apr 2023 (reference 23/00532/FUL, planning authority Chelmsford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Nov 2024 (granted, reference 23/00532/FUL, planning authority Chelmsford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Dec 2023 (refused, reference 23/00532/FUL, planning authority Chelmsford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Nov 2024 (appeal granted, reference 23/00532/FUL, planning authority Chelmsford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cero Generation (Enso Green Holdings Limited / Cero Generation, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Enso Green Holdings Limited (Enso Green Holdings Limited / Cero Generation, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 57 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6199, 0.5499 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Chelmsford, reference 23/00532/FUL)
- Permit granted (planning authority Chelmsford, reference 23/00532/FUL)
- Permit refused (planning authority Chelmsford, reference 23/00532/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Chelmsford, reference 23/00532/FUL)
How it compares
Southlands Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 359th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 653rd-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 57 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 359th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 653rd of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,676th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 51 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 2 transmission lines, 1 AI supercomputer and 1 grid connection, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 5.8 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 33 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 41 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 46 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 48 km |
Operators and place
More from Cero Generation
- Gainsborough Road, Saundby - Battery Storage Facility120 MW · under construction
- Gainsborough Road, Saundby - Solar Farm78 MW · under construction
- Southlands Solar Farm & Battery Storage24.6 MW · permitted
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
- Navitus Bay Wind Park970 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.