Power plant · Bassetlaw, England, United Kingdom
West Burton C power station
West Burton C power station is a permitted power plant in Bassetlaw, England, United Kingdom, with 299 MW of capacity, operated by EDF Energy.
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 | Bassetlaw (coordinates), England (North East) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Within the wider West Burton Power station site, approximately 3.5km to the south of Gainsborough | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 21 Oct 2020 (permit EN010088, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 Apr 2019 (reference EN010088, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Oct 2020 (granted, reference EN010088, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EDF Energy (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 299 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 21.4 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3647, -0.7967 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
West Burton C power station is the 150th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 233rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 299 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 | 150th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.16% |
| United Kingdom | 233rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 540th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 267 grid connections (132 operating, 1,802 MW), 175 substations, 6 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lea Road | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Corringham Road | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Eminox Limited grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 5.5 km |
| Gas 2.85 MW grid connection at Corringham Road | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 5.5 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 8.2 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 8.2 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 11 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 32 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.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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