Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Thorn Lighting, Butchers Race - Solar Panels
Thorn Lighting, Butchers Race - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 1.7 MW of capacity, operated by Colliers Building Consultancy Limited.
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 | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Thorn Lighting, Butchers Race, Green Lane Industrial Estate, Spennymoor, DL16 6PG | 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 | 2 Aug 2024 (permit DM/24/01556/PN56, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Jun 2024 (ref. DM/24/01556/PN56, County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Aug 2024 (granted, ref. DM/24/01556/PN56, County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Colliers Building Consultancy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.7 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 | 54.7065, -1.5811 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Thorn Lighting, Butchers Race - Solar Panels is the 1,900th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,883rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.7 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,900th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,883rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,091st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 283 grid connections (142 operating, 1,377 MW) and 167 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Spennymoor | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Spennymoor 66/20kV | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Spennymoor GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Solar 1.7 MW grid connection at Spennymoor 66/20kV | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Solar 46.55 MW grid connection at Hett Moor Solar Direct | Grid connection | 46.6 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Battery storage 100 MW grid connection at The Tavern BESS Direct | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.