Power plant · Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Trinity Hall Solar Farm
Trinity Hall Solar Farm is a power plant under construction in Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, operated by European Energy Photovoltaics.
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 | Central Bedfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Stanbridge Road, Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PU | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 5 May 2021 (permit CB/21/00437/FULL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Feb 2021 (reference CB/21/00437/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Aug 2021 (refused, reference CB/21/00437/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 May 2021 (granted, reference CB/21/00437/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | European Energy Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 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 | 30.1 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9165, -0.5847 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit refused (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/21/00437/FULL)
- Permit granted (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/21/00437/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/21/00437/FULL)
How it compares
Trinity Hall Solar Farm is the 1,344th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,094th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15 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 | 1,344th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,094th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,421st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 92 substations, 84 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW) and 59 grid connections (30 operating, 328 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Amersham GSP | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Generation 99 MW grid connection at Amersham Main | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 29 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 32 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 33 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.
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