Power plant · South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Westerleigh Solar, Oakleigh Green Farm Lane - Solar Panels
Westerleigh Solar, Oakleigh Green Farm Lane - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, with 1.2 MW of capacity, operated by EDF Energy 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 | South Gloucestershire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Oakley Green Farm Oakleigh Green Farm Lane Westerleigh, BS37 8QZ | 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 | 13 Jun 2025 (permit P25/00377/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 Feb 2025 (reference P25/00377/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Jun 2025 (granted, reference P25/00377/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EDF Energy Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.2 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 | 2.91 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5096, -2.4457 | 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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Westerleigh Solar, Oakleigh Green Farm Lane - Solar Panels is the 2,015th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,020th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.2 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 | 2,015th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,020th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,251st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 125 grid connections (80 operating, 945 MW), 60 substations, 13 data centers, 2 transmission lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 2.4 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Spring Quarry West Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Yatton Keynell Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Solar 7 MW grid connection at Spring Quarry West | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 19 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.
- 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.