Power plant · Derby, England, United Kingdom
Victory Park Way - Solar Panels
Victory Park Way - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Derby, England, United Kingdom, with 1.26 MW of capacity, operated by Gardner Aerospace.
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 | Derby (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 9 Victory Park Way Derby, DE24 8ZF | 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 | 31 Mar 2022 (permit 22/00242/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Derby) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Feb 2022 (reference 22/00242/FUL, planning authority Derby) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 31 Mar 2022 (granted, reference 22/00242/FUL, planning authority Derby) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Gardner Aerospace | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.26 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 | 0.61 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8916, -1.4688 | 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
Victory Park Way - Solar Panels is the 2,004th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,008th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.26 MW is <0.1% 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 | 2,004th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,008th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,236th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 399 grid connections (1 operating, 20.2 MW), 6 data centers, 6 substations and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby and Derbyshire New Waste (NWFT) grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Arleston Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Spondon Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 16 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 36 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
| Dronfield | Substation | — | — | 45 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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.