Power plant · Pendle, England, United Kingdom
West Craven Business Park, West Craven Drive - Solar Panels
West Craven Business Park, West Craven Drive - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Pendle, England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Shawton Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Pendle (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West Craven Business Park, West Craven Drive, Earby, Barnoldswick, BB18 6JZ | 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 | 1 Nov 2023 (permit 23/0577/SPP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Pendle) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Aug 2023 (ref. 23/0577/SPP, Pendle) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Nov 2023 (granted, ref. 23/0577/SPP, Pendle) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shawton Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 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 |
| Coordinates | 53.9231, -2.1396 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
West Craven Business Park, West Craven Drive - Solar Panels is the 2,080th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,100th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 2,080th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,100th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,333rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 345 grid connections (183 operating, 1,581 MW), 183 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salterforth | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Barnoldswick | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Waste 18 MW grid connection at Elslack 2 Wind Farm | Grid connection | 18 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Wind 18 MW grid connection at Elslack Wind Farm | Grid connection | 18 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Shuttleworth Hall grid connection | Grid connection | 5.4 MW | Operating | 7.5 km |
| Ings Lane | Substation | — | — | 7.8 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 40 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.