Power plant · Cotswold, England, United Kingdom
Welsh Way - Solar PV Farm
Welsh Way - Solar PV Farm is a permitted solar power plant in Cotswold, England, United Kingdom, with 13 MW of capacity, operated by Innova Renewables.
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 | Cotswold (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Welsh Way, Fairford, GL7 5TA | 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 | 23 Sept 2024 (permit 23/03907/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cotswold) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Dec 2023 (reference 23/03907/FUL, planning authority Cotswold) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Sept 2024 (granted, reference 23/03907/FUL, planning authority Cotswold) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Innova Renewables (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 13 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 | 19.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7210, -1.8158 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Cotswold, reference 23/03907/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cotswold, reference 23/03907/FUL)
How it compares
Welsh Way - Solar PV Farm is the 1,120th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,805th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 13 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 | 1,120th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,805th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,504th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 173 grid connections (95 operating, 1,190 MW), 116 substations and 10 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh Way - Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Fairford Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Crucis Park Estate LLP grid connection | Grid connection | 12.6 MW | Planned | 6.8 km |
| Crucis Park PV Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 14.3 MW | Operating | 6.8 km |
| Lechlade Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.4 km |
| Cricklade Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.8 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 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.
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- 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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