Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
VPK Wellington, Chelston Business Park - Solar Panel
VPK Wellington, Chelston Business Park - Solar Panel is a permitted power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 1.6 MW of capacity, operated by SNRG 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 | Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | VPK Wellington, Ham Road, Chelston Business Park, TA21 9JG | 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 | 15 Aug 2025 (permit 46/25/0019/CJ, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Jul 2025 (reference 46/25/0019/CJ, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Aug 2025 (granted, reference 46/25/0019/CJ, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SNRG Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.6 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 | 50.9863, -3.2012 | 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 Somerset, reference 46/25/0019/CJ)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Somerset, reference 46/25/0019/CJ)
How it compares
VPK Wellington, Chelston Business Park - Solar Panel is the 1,910th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,895th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.6 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 | 1,910th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,895th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,111th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 21 grid connections (12 operating, 138 MW), 11 substations, 2 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axminster GSP | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Newlands Power Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 52.5 MW | Planned | 30 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Pipplepen Farm Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 32.6 MW | Planned | 35 km |
| Bunford Park Development grid connection | Grid connection | 6.17 MW | Planned | 38 km |
| Larkhill Primary | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
| West Hendford Primary | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 47 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.