Power plant · West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Wicken Farm, Leckhampstead - Solar Farm
Wicken Farm, Leckhampstead - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 21 MW of capacity, operated by Opdenergy UK 2 Limited.
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 | West Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Wicken Farm Wicken Road Leckhampstead, MK18 5NP | 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 | 14 Dec 2023 (permit 21/04925/APP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 Jan 2022 (reference 21/04925/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Dec 2023 (granted, reference 21/04925/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Opdenergy UK 2 Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 21 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 | 28.6 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.0317, -0.9171 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 21/04925/APP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 21/04925/APP)
How it compares
Wicken Farm, Leckhampstead - Solar Farm is the 1,188th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,855th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 21 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 | 1,188th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,855th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,696th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 65 grid connections (25 operating, 232 MW), 55 substations and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 15 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Launton - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 18 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 20 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.