Power plant · Trafford, England, United Kingdom
Wild Fowl Farm, Carrington Lane - Battery Storage Facility
Wild Fowl Farm, Carrington Lane - Battery Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in Trafford, England, United Kingdom, with 35 MW of capacity, operated by O&G Solar Ltd.
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 | Trafford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Wild Fowl Farm Carrington Lane Carrington, M31 4AD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 17 Feb 2025 (permit 113358/FUL/24, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 May 2024 (reference 113358/FUL/24, planning authority Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Aug 2024 (refused, reference 113358/FUL/24, planning authority Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Feb 2025 (appeal granted, reference 113358/FUL/24, planning authority Trafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | O&G Solar Ltd (O&G Solar (SPV 56) Ltd) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35 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 | 53.4339, -2.3669 | 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 granted (appeal granted, planning authority Trafford, reference 113358/FUL/24)
- Permit refused (planning authority Trafford, reference 113358/FUL/24)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Trafford, reference 113358/FUL/24)
How it compares
Wild Fowl Farm, Carrington Lane - Battery Storage Facility is the 938th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,489th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35 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 | 938th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,489th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,772nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 365 substations, 356 grid connections (195 operating, 1,819 MW), 21 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Fowl Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Chassen RD | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Ashton on Mersey | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Carrington Stor grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Carrington BSP BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Irlam Hydropower Station, Manchester grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Lunar 1&2 | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.