Power plant · Thurrock, England, United Kingdom
The Place Solar Farm
The Place Solar Farm is a cancelled solar power plant in Thurrock, England, United Kingdom, with 23.2 MW of capacity, operated by BE Renewables.
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 | Thurrock (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The Gateway Academy, Marshfoot Road, Grays, RM16 4LU | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Dec 2014 (reference 14/01278/FUL, planning authority Thurrock) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Nov 2016 (refused, reference 14/01278/FUL, planning authority Thurrock) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BE Renewables (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 23.2 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 | 46.1 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4761, 0.3668 | 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 refused (planning authority Thurrock, reference 14/01278/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Thurrock, reference 14/01278/FUL)
How it compares
The Place Solar Farm is the 819th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 1,363rd-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 23.2 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 819th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,363rd of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,101st of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 75 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 21 substations, 2 grid connections (1 operating, 2.2 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.7 km |
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 7.9 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 32 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 32 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 36 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 41 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
| Volt Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.