Power plant · Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Thornton Estate - Solar PV Panels
Thornton Estate - Solar PV Panels is a planned power plant in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Stark Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Buckinghamshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Thornton, Milton Keynes, MK17 0HL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Jul 2025 (reference 25/02132/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Stark Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 85.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.0027, -0.8858 | 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 applied for (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 25/02132/APP)
How it compares
Thornton Estate - Solar PV Panels is the 478th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 847th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 478th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 847th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,927th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 70 grid connections (29 operating, 248 MW), 64 substations and 14 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 6.3 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 15 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Launton - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 17 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.