Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Weeland Road, Kellingley - Solar Farm
Weeland Road, Kellingley - Solar Farm is a planned solar power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, operated by Ivegate Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Weeland Road, Kellingley, Knottingley, WF11 8EF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Oct 2024 (reference ZG2024/0936/FULM, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ivegate Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 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 | 14 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7105, -1.2020 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference ZG2024/0936/FULM)
How it compares
Weeland Road, Kellingley - Solar Farm is the 1,157th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,858th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 1,157th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,858th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,928th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 440 grid connections (224 operating, 2,559 MW), 377 substations, 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 200 MW grid connection at Stocking Lane BESS Direct | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Battery storage 240 MW grid connection at NEL Conway2 BESS Direct | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Gas 7 MW grid connection at Beal | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Beal | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Weeland Road | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Ferrybridge A | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 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.
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- 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.
- 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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