Power plant · Winchester, England, United Kingdom
Sparsholt College Power Station
Sparsholt College Power Station is a cancelled biomass power plant in Winchester, England, United Kingdom, with 6 MW of capacity, operated by Sparsholt College.
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 | Winchester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Sparsholt College, Stockbridge Road, Sparsholt, Winchester, SO21 2NF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 1 Nov 2016 (permit 16/01679/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Winchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Jul 2016 (reference 16/01679/FUL, planning authority Winchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Nov 2016 (granted, reference 16/01679/FUL, planning authority Winchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sparsholt College (Sparsholt College (formerly Ecotricity), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.0883, -1.3902 | 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 expired
- Permit granted (planning authority Winchester, reference 16/01679/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Winchester, reference 16/01679/FUL)
How it compares
Sparsholt College is the 2,019th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 3,084th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,019th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,084th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,851st of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 254 grid connections (139 operating, 1,417 MW), 224 substations, 16 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harestock Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Three Maids Hill PV grid connection | Grid connection | 23.8 MW | Operating | 4.4 km |
| St Land ADJ grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 4.9 km |
| South Lynch Solar and Storage Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 20.9 MW | Planned | 5.5 km |
| Gordon Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Winchester BSP | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
Operator and place
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- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
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