Power plant · Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
Wervin Road, Wervin - Solar PV Panels
Wervin Road, Wervin - Solar PV Panels is a planned solar power plant in Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom, with 3.51 MW of capacity, operated by North England Zoological Department.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cheshire West and Chester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | South of Wervin Road Wervin, CH2 4BR | 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 | 1 Apr 2026 (reference 26/00530/FUL, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | North England Zoological Department (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.51 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 | 4.77 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.2376, -2.8658 | 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 applied for (planning authority Cheshire West and Chester, reference 26/00530/FUL)
How it compares
Wervin Road, Wervin - Solar PV Panels is the 1,357th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,163rd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.51 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 | 1,357th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,163rd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,339th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 148 grid connections (90 operating, 625 MW), 147 substations, 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 4.3 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 28 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 28 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Parkside Railway Station grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 29 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.