Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Whaddon Lane, Hilperton Solar Farm
Whaddon Lane, Hilperton Solar Farm is a cancelled solar power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by British Solar 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 | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | west of Whaddon Farm, Whaddon Lane, Hilperton, BA14 6NR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 6 Apr 2022 (permit PL/2021/03061, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 May 2021 (reference PL/2021/03061, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Apr 2022 (granted, reference PL/2021/03061, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | British Solar Renewables (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 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 | 38.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3478, -2.1807 | 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 and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2021/03061)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2021/03061)
How it compares
Whaddon Lane, Hilperton is the 749th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 1,253rd-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 749th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,253rd of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,857th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 189 grid connections (117 operating, 1,226 MW), 101 substations, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Solar 19.999 MW grid connection at Norrington | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Nestle Co Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 5.18 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Roundponds Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.6 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Ashton Park Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Norrington BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Melksham Town Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 8.3 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 26 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
- 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.