Power plant · East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom
The Hollies Solar Park - Skegness - extension
The Hollies Solar Park - Skegness - extension is a cancelled solar power plant in East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom, with 1.4 MW of capacity, operated by Spencer Farm Produce.
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 | East Lindsey (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The Hollies, High Lane, Croft, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 4SH | 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 | 4 Dec 2013 (permit S/039/01716/13, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Sept 2013 (reference S/039/01716/13, planning authority East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Dec 2013 (granted, reference S/039/01716/13, planning authority East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Spencer Farm Produce (Spencer Farm Produce (Juwi Renewable Energies), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.4 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 | 3.45 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1447, 0.2447 | 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 East Lindsey, reference S/039/01716/13)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Lindsey, reference S/039/01716/13)
How it compares
The Hollies Solar Park - Skegness - extension is the 3,682nd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 5,376th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.4 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 | 3,682nd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,376th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 14,979th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 15 grid connections (6 operating, 74.1 MW), 12 substations and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossian Transmission Infrastructure | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 15 km |
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 16 km |
| South Reston | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Solar 5 MW grid connection at South Reston | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 22 km |
| Wind 20 MW grid connection at Gayton le Marsh Windfarm | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 26 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 30 km |
| Keddington Road | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Louth | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Solar 7.5 MW grid connection at Keddington Road | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Operating | 33 km |
Operator and place
More from Spencer Farm Produce
- The Hollies24 MW
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. 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.
- 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.