Power plant · Bassetlaw, England, United Kingdom
Steeley Lane, Steetley - Solar Photovoltaic Farm
Steeley Lane, Steetley - Solar Photovoltaic Farm is a planned solar power plant in Bassetlaw, England, United Kingdom, with 18.7 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Connections Developments Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Bassetlaw (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | and To East Of Steeley Lane Steetley, S80 3DT | 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 | 23 Nov 2023 (reference 23/01399/FUL, planning authority Bassetlaw) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Connections Developments Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18.7 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 | 21.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.2986, -1.1647 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Bassetlaw, reference 23/01399/FUL)
How it compares
Steeley Lane, Steetley - Solar Photovoltaic Farm is the 1,047th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,697th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 18.7 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 | 1,047th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,697th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,800th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 237 grid connections (121 operating, 1,495 MW), 181 substations, 9 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind 20.22 MW grid connection at Pennyhill Windfarm | Grid connection | 20.2 MW | Operating | 6.8 km |
| Wind 4.5 MW grid connection at Kiveton Park | Grid connection | 4.5 MW | Operating | 7.4 km |
| Kiveton Park | Substation | — | — | 7.5 km |
| Battery storage 40 MW grid connection at Kiveton Park PS Direct | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 7.5 km |
| Costhorpe | Substation | — | — | 8.3 km |
| Dinnington | Substation | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Hive IT | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| UoS IT Services | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- 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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