Power plant · Stockport, England, United Kingdom
Torkington Road, Hazel Grove - Solar PV Panels
Torkington Road, Hazel Grove - Solar PV Panels is a planned solar power plant in Stockport, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Conrad Energy 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 | Stockport (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Torkington Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport, SK7 6NW | 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 | 18 Jun 2025 (reference DC/096042, planning authority Stockport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Conrad Energy Limited (Conrad Energy (Developments) Limited, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 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 | 26.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3806, -2.0794 | 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 applied for (planning authority Stockport, reference DC/096042)
How it compares
Torkington Road, Hazel Grove - Solar PV Panels is the 805th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,320th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 805th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,320th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,749th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 436 substations, 367 grid connections (201 operating, 1,873 MW), 22 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Grove PV Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Hawk Green | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Marple | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Norbury | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Stepping Hill Hospital grid connection | Grid connection | 2.48 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Romiley Board Mill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.4 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| CDL Strata Campus Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 703959498) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Datum Datacentres (MCR2) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.