Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
West House Farm, Fishburn - Solar Farm
West House Farm, Fishburn - Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 41.4 MW of capacity, operated by Voltis 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 | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West Of Trimdon House Lodge, DL17 9DY | 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 | 16 Apr 2024 (permit DM/22/03757/FPA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Jan 2023 (reference DM/22/03757/FPA, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Apr 2024 (granted, reference DM/22/03757/FPA, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Voltis Renewables (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 41.4 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 | 75.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.6907, -1.4691 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority County Durham, reference DM/22/03757/FPA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority County Durham, reference DM/22/03757/FPA)
How it compares
West House Farm, Fishburn - Solar Farm is the 679th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,131st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 41.4 MW is <0.1% of the 278,868 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 | 679th of 1,650 | 171,064 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,131st of 2,548 | 278,868 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,346th of 5,799 | 656,876 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 278 grid connections (139 operating, 1,346 MW), 164 substations and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West House Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 41.1 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Fishburn | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Waste 2 MW grid connection at Fishburn | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Wind 4.94 MW grid connection at Fishburn | Grid connection | 4.94 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Spennymoor 132/66kV | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Spennymoor 66/20kV | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
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