Power plant · West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Welford Solar Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Welford Solar Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 67 MW of capacity, operated by Welford Solar Farm 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 | West Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North of South Kilworth Road, NN6 6JH | 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 | 11 Oct 2024 (permit 2024/0649/MAF, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Dec 2023 (reference 2024/0649/MAF, planning authority West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Oct 2024 (granted, reference 2024/0649/MAF, planning authority West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Welford Solar Farm Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 67 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.4228, -1.0917 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority West Northamptonshire, reference 2024/0649/MAF)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Northamptonshire, reference 2024/0649/MAF)
How it compares
Welford Solar Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 337th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 595th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 67 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 337th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 595th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,572nd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 data centers, 1 transmission line and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 710050084) | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 42 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 50 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.
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