Power plant · St. Helens, England, United Kingdom
Sutton Heath Road
Sutton Heath Road is a cancelled power plant in St. Helens, England, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, operated by Sweco.
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 | St. Helens (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Green Gate Works, Sherdley Road, Sutton Health Road, St. Helens, WA9 5DZ | 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 | 31 Mar 2017 (permit P/2016/0804/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by St. Helens) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Nov 2016 (reference P/2016/0804/FUL, planning authority St. Helens) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 31 Mar 2017 (granted, reference P/2016/0804/FUL, planning authority St. Helens) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sweco (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4436, -2.7368 | 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 granted (planning authority St. Helens, reference P/2016/0804/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority St. Helens, reference P/2016/0804/FUL)
How it compares
Sutton Heath Road is the 1,036th-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 1,736th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 1,036th of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,736th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,466th of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 340 grid connections (189 operating, 1,739 MW), 329 substations, 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Amazon Man 8 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.39 MW | Planned | 5.7 km |
| Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 6.0 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 6.5 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 7.1 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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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.
- 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.