Power plant · North Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Uphouse Farm - Sandpits Solar Farm & Battery Energy storage
Uphouse Farm - Sandpits Solar Farm & Battery Energy storage is a permitted solar power plant in North Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, with 2.4 MW of capacity, operated by Uphouse Farms 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 | North Norfolk (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Uphouse Farm Swaffham Road South Raynham, NR21 7HW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · 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 | 16 Jun 2025 (permit PF/25/0091, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Norfolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 31 Jan 2025 (reference PF/25/0091, planning authority North Norfolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Jun 2025 (granted, reference PF/25/0091, planning authority North Norfolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Uphouse Farms Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.4 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 | 3.45 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.7759, 0.7811 | 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 granted (planning authority North Norfolk, reference PF/25/0091)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Norfolk, reference PF/25/0091)
How it compares
Uphouse Farm - Sandpits Solar Farm & Battery Energy storage is the 1,404th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,231st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.4 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 | 1,404th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,231st of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,428th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 transmission lines and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 28 km |
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 28 km |
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 40 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 45 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.
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