Power plant · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Sunbank Lane - Solar Panels
Sunbank Lane - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Manchester, England, United Kingdom, with 4.3 MW of capacity, operated by Igen 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 | Manchester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 1 Sunbank Lane, WA15 0AF | 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 | 17 Apr 2026 (permit 145280/P14J/2026, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Manchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Feb 2026 (reference 145280/P14J/2026, planning authority Manchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Apr 2026 (granted, reference 145280/P14J/2026, planning authority Manchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Igen Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.3 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 |
| Coordinates | 53.3567, -2.2896 | 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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Sunbank Lane - Solar Panels is the 1,689th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,588th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.3 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,689th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,588th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,731st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 331 substations, 316 grid connections (175 operating, 1,591 MW), 21 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Airport, Terminal 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Man Airport (Amazon) PV Array grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Thorley LN | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Woodhouse Park | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Moss Nook grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Datum Datacentres (MCR2) | Data center | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Delta House | Data center | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Medipark | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| CDL Strata Campus Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.