Power plant · New Forest, England, United Kingdom
Thornlands Farm, Fletchwood Road - Solar Farm
Thornlands Farm, Fletchwood Road - Solar Farm is a cancelled power plant in New Forest, England, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, operated by Enviromena Asset Management UK 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 | New Forest (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Thornlands Farm, Fletchwood Road, Southampton, SO40 7DX | 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 | 29 Feb 2024 (reference 23/01683FULL, planning authority New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Jun 2024 (refused, reference 23/01683FULL, planning authority New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Enviromena Asset Management UK Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12 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 | 9.85 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9121, -1.5180 | 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 New Forest, reference 23/01683FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority New Forest, reference 23/01683FULL)
How it compares
Thornlands Farm, Fletchwood Road - Solar Farm is the 1,208th-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 2,000th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 1,208th of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,000th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,548th of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 219 grid connections (125 operating, 1,155 MW), 187 substations, 8 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletchwood Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Fletchwood Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| 5.88MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 5.88 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Totton Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Land to the East of Marchwood Bypass grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| Nursling GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 20 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.
- 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.
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