Power plant · Chorley, England, United Kingdom
Tithe Barn Lane
Tithe Barn Lane is a cancelled power plant in Chorley, England, United Kingdom, with 8 MW of capacity, operated by Cassidy & Ashton Group Ltd.
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 | Chorley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land Bounded By Black Brook, Chapel Lane And Tithe Barn Lane Heapey | 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 Aug 2013 (reference 13/00811/FULMAJ, planning authority Chorley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Jan 2014 (refused, reference 13/00811/FULMAJ, planning authority Chorley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cassidy & Ashton Group Ltd | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8 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 | 53.6756, -2.5976 | 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 researchHow it compares
Tithe Barn Lane is the 1,342nd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,176th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 1,342nd of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,176th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,598th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 408 grid connections (222 operating, 1,897 MW), 383 substations, 18 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botany Bay | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Whittle Le Woods | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Woodfield RD | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Clayton Hall Quarry grid connection | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Waitrose Leyland RDC grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Planned | 4.9 km |
| Bolton Road grid connection | Grid connection | 2.25 MW | Operating | 5.2 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 25 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 27 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.