Power plant · West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Spring Gardens - Solar Farm
Spring Gardens - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 3 MW of capacity, operated by Calleva Community Energy 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 | West Berkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North Of Spring Gardens Andover Drove Wash Water, RG20 0LZ | 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 | 29 May 2024 (permit 23/01361/FULMAJ, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Jun 2023 (reference 23/01361/FULMAJ, planning authority West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 May 2024 (granted, reference 23/01361/FULMAJ, planning authority West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Calleva Community Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3 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 | 2.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3709, -1.3549 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority West Berkshire, reference 23/01361/FULMAJ)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Berkshire, reference 23/01361/FULMAJ)
How it compares
Spring Gardens - Solar Farm is the 1,756th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,687th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3 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 | 1,756th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,687th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,853rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 263 grid connections (136 operating, 1,394 MW), 238 substations and 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratfyn Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| St Johns Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Riverside Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Kingsclere Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 23 MW | Planned | 7.1 km |
| Limberlost Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.62 MW | Operating | 8.1 km |
| Gas 9.5 MW grid connection at Thatcham | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 8.2 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
Operator and place
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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.
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