Power plant · Epping Forest, England, United Kingdom
West Essex Golf Club, Bury Road - Solar Farm
West Essex Golf Club, Bury Road - Solar Farm is a cancelled power plant in Epping Forest, England, United Kingdom, with 10.7 MW of capacity, operated by West Essex GC Green Energy 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 | Epping Forest (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West Essex Golf Club Limited, Bury Road, Chingford, E4 7QL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Nov 2023 (reference EPF/2596/23, planning authority Epping Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Nov 2025 (appeal refused, reference EPF/2596/23, planning authority Epping Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Nov 2025 (refused, reference EPF/2596/23, planning authority Epping Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | West Essex GC Green Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10.7 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 | 11.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6510, 0.0145 | 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.
Request researchHow it compares
West Essex Golf Club, Bury Road - Solar Farm is the 1,060th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,790th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10.7 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,060th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,790th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,817th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 132 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 73 substations, 36 grid connections (22 operating, 233 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtus LONDON1 | Data center | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Ark Data Centres Meridian Park | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Google Waltham Cross | Data center | 88 MW | Operating | 6.6 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 6.8 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 15 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 18 km |
| Willesden GSP | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 23 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.