Power plant · North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
White Gorse Farm
White Gorse Farm is a cancelled power plant in North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 11.6 MW of capacity, operated by Green Switch Solutions - Liquidated.
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 | North Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | White Gorse Farm, Gorse Drove, Scredington, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 0AJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 25 Nov 2014 (permit 14/0954/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Aug 2014 (reference 14/0954/FUL, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Nov 2014 (granted, reference 14/0954/FUL, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Switch Solutions - Liquidated | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11.6 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 | 25.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9425, -0.3615 | 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 researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit expired
- Permit granted (planning authority North Kesteven, reference 14/0954/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Kesteven, reference 14/0954/FUL)
How it compares
White Gorse Farm is the 1,006th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,724th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 11.6 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 1,006th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,724th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,509th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 5 grid connections (4 operating, 14.4 MW), 3 transmission lines, 3 data centers and 3 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 9.6 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 19 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 43 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 44 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 45 km |
| Belmont Covert | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 48 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.