Power plant · Malvern Hills, England, United Kingdom
Whitehouse Farm Energy Barn
Whitehouse Farm Energy Barn is a permitted power plant in Malvern Hills, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by Bluefield Solar Income Fund.
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 | Malvern Hills (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Whitehouse Farm, Blakes Lane, Guarlford, Malvern, WR13 6NZ | 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 | 29 Nov 2017 (permit 17/01504/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Malvern Hills) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Oct 2017 (reference 17/01504/FUL, planning authority Malvern Hills) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Nov 2017 (granted, reference 17/01504/FUL, planning authority Malvern Hills) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Bluefield Solar Income Fund | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.1094, -2.2582 | 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 Malvern Hills, reference 17/01504/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Malvern Hills, reference 17/01504/FUL)
How it compares
Whitehouse Farm Energy Barn is the 836th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,342nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 836th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,342nd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,556th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 7 substations, 5 grid connections (3 operating, 73.7 MW) and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionos data center, England | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| DXC Technology | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Evoque Data Center Solutions | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| Shipton Oliffe Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Northleach Primary | Substation | — | — | 42 km |
| Rissington Primary | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
| Bathurst Estates grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 48 km |
| Cirencester Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 48 km |
| Crucis Park Estate LLP grid connection | Grid connection | 12.6 MW | Planned | 49 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.