Power plant · Rochdale, England, United Kingdom
Tesco Distribution Centre, Stakehill Industrial Estate - Solar Panels
Tesco Distribution Centre, Stakehill Industrial Estate - Solar Panels is a permitted solar power plant in Rochdale, England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Tritax Management Llp.
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 | Rochdale (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Tesco Distribution Centre, Stakehill Industrial Estate, Middleton, Manchester, M24 2YX | 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 | 12 Apr 2024 (permit 24/00124/PRA56, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rochdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Feb 2024 (reference 24/00124/PRA56, planning authority Rochdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Apr 2024 (granted, reference 24/00124/PRA56, planning authority Rochdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Tritax Management Llp (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 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 | 53.5656, -2.1703 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Rochdale, reference 24/00124/PRA56)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Rochdale, reference 24/00124/PRA56)
How it compares
Tesco Distribution Centre, Stakehill Industrial Estate - Solar Panels is the 1,580th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,457th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 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 | 1,580th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,457th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,708th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 515 substations, 450 grid connections (255 operating, 2,232 MW), 21 data centers and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Gates Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Hough Lane BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 90 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Whitbrook Power grid connection | Grid connection | 5.07 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Townley St | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Middleton Junction | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Langley | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Asanti Manchester | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 703959498) | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Operator and place
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.
- 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.
- 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.