Power plant · West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Welford Road - Solar Farm
Welford Road - Solar Farm is a planned solar power plant in West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Brampton Valley Way Trust.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | West Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Welford Road, NN6 8GH | 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 Jan 2025 (reference 2024/5418/MAF, planning authority West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Brampton Valley Way Trust (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 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 | 6.54 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.2825, -0.9174 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority West Northamptonshire, reference 2024/5418/MAF)
How it compares
Welford Road - Solar Farm is the 1,280th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,046th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 MW is <0.1% of the 278,868 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 | 1,280th of 1,650 | 171,064 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,046th of 2,548 | 278,868 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,196th of 5,799 | 656,876 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 18 grid connections (9 operating, 81.6 MW), 9 data centers and 8 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellermann Tyton Data | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 37 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 41 km |
| Tritax Symmetry Park grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 41 km |
| Bicester North Primary | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
Operator and place
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- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
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