Power plant · Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
Wallerscote Limebeds - Solar Pv Park
Wallerscote Limebeds - Solar Pv Park is a permitted power plant in Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom, with 22 MW of capacity, operated by Infinis Solar Developments Limited and Green Earth Developments.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cheshire West and Chester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Winnington Avenue, Northwich, CW8 4ZE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 21 Jul 2025 (permit 23/02766/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Sept 2023 (reference 23/02766/FUL, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Jul 2024 (refused, reference 23/02766/FUL, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Jul 2025 (appeal granted, reference 23/02766/FUL, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Jul 2025 (granted, reference 23/02766/FUL, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Infinis Solar Developments Limited (Infinis Solar Developments Limited / Green Earth Developments) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Earth Developments (Infinis Solar Developments Limited / Green Earth Developments) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 22 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 | 56 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.2591, -2.5371 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Wallerscote Limebeds - Solar Pv Park is the 1,177th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,841st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 22 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 | 1,177th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,841st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,604th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 289 grid connections (139 operating, 1,154 MW), 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 6.6 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 7.6 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 14 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Rixton Old Hall grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| New Hall Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 19 km |
| Woodhouse Nurseries grid connection | Grid connection | 3.4 MW | Operating | 20 km |
Operators and place
More from Infinis Solar Developments Limited
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- Brogborough Landfill, Lidlington - Solar PV park40 MW · permitted
- Wallerscote Limebeds - Battery Energy Storage30 MW · permitted
- Green Lane, Stewartby - Solar PV Array30 MW · planned
- Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay - Solar Photovoltaic Array24 MW · planned
- Calvert Landfill Site Solar Array16 MW · planned
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- 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.
- 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.