Power plant · West Lindsey, England, United Kingdom
Tillbridge Solar Project
Tillbridge Solar Project is a power plant in West Lindsey, England, United Kingdom, with 500 MW of capacity, operated by Tillbridge Solar 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 | West Lindsey (coordinates), England (East Midlands) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | West Lindsey (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land east and south-east of Gainsborough, south of A631 and west of B1398. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Tillbridge Solar Farm, Hemswell, DN21 5UN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 | 14 Oct 2025 (permit EN010142, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 Oct 2025 (permit EN010142, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Apr 2024 (reference EN010142, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Apr 2024 (reference EN010142, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Oct 2025 (granted, reference EN010142, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Oct 2025 (granted, reference EN010142, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Tillbridge Solar Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Tillbridge Solar Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 500 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 | 1,662 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 1,350 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3910, -0.6279 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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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2 sources record Tillbridge Solar Project; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tillbridge Solar Project | asset:pins-nsip:en010142 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Tillbridge Solar Farm, Hemswell - Solar Panels | asset:repd:12281 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | Same planning reference |
How it compares
Tillbridge Solar Project is the 70th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 107th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 500 MW is 0.17% 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 | 70th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.27% |
| United Kingdom | 107th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.17% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 249th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 284 grid connections (146 operating, 2,076 MW), 146 substations, 2 transmission lines and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harpswell | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Biomass 1.8 MW grid connection at Harpswell | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Gas 1.1 MW grid connection at Harpswell | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Generation 1.1 MW grid connection at Harpswell | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Blyton | Substation | — | — | 7.5 km |
| Corringham Road | Substation | — | — | 8.8 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 17 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 36 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.