Power plant · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Sunbank Lane Solar Panels
Sunbank Lane Solar Panels is a cancelled solar power plant in Manchester, England, United Kingdom, with 1.51 MW of capacity, operated by Zestec Asset Management.
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 | Man 1 Amazon Facility, 6 Sunbank Lane.,Manchester, M90 5AA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 6 Jul 2021 (permit 130585/FO/2021, 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 | 28 May 2021 (reference 130585/FO/2021, planning authority Manchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Jul 2021 (granted, reference 130585/FO/2021, planning authority Manchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Zestec Asset Management (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.51 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 | 2.45 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3599, -2.2923 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Manchester, reference 130585/FO/2021)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Manchester, reference 130585/FO/2021)
How it compares
Sunbank Lane Solar Panels is the 3,579th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 5,224th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.51 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 3,579th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,224th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 14,753rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 335 substations, 320 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 | 1.1 km |
| Thorley LN | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Man Airport (Amazon) PV Array grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Woodhouse Park | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Moss Nook grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Datum Datacentres (MCR2) | Data center | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Medipark | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Delta House | Data center | — | — | 3.1 km |
| CDL Strata Campus Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 9.2 km |
Operator and place
More from Zestec Asset Management
Other power plants in England
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- 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. 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.