Power plant · Wokingham, England, United Kingdom
Suttons Park Avenue, Suttons Business Park - Solar PV
Suttons Park Avenue, Suttons Business Park - Solar PV is a permitted power plant in Wokingham, England, United Kingdom, with 1.3 MW of capacity, operated by Brakes Group.
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 | Wokingham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Unit 24, Suttons Park Avenue, Suttons Business Park, Reading, RG6 1AZ | 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 | 11 Aug 2023 (permit 231133, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wokingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Jun 2023 (reference 231133, planning authority Wokingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Aug 2023 (granted, reference 231133, planning authority Wokingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Brakes Group | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.3 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 | 2.39 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4573, -0.9384 | 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 Wokingham, reference 231133)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wokingham, reference 231133)
How it compares
Suttons Park Avenue, Suttons Business Park - Solar PV is the 1,979th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,978th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.3 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 | 1,979th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,978th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,203rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 246 substations, 190 grid connections (95 operating, 1,043 MW) and 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulsant Reading East | Data center | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Pulsant | Data center | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Reading Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Reading BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Microsoft Thames Valley Park Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 1.0 km |
| 1MW BESS & ASHP grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Gas 1.14 MW grid connection at Silver Street | Grid connection | 1.14 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Silver Street Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Landfill gas 2.85 MW grid connection at Courages | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 4.2 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.