Power plant · South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Welby Solar Farm, Welby - Solar Farm
Welby Solar Farm, Welby - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 46 MW of capacity, operated by Island Green Power.
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 | South Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Welby Solar Farm, N/O Welby, Grantham, NG32 3LZ | 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 | 10 Feb 2025 (permit S24/1040, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Jun 2024 (reference S24/1040, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Feb 2025 (granted, reference S24/1040, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Island Green Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 46 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 | 145 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9338, -0.5458 | 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 South Kesteven, reference S24/1040)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Kesteven, reference S24/1040)
How it compares
Welby Solar Farm, Welby - Solar Farm is the 806th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,281st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 46 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 | 806th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,281st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,412th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 5 data centers, 5 grid connections (4 operating, 14.4 MW), 3 transmission lines and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 31 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 32 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 38 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 40 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 44 km |
Operator and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- 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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