Power plant · Merton, England, United Kingdom
Willow Lane Wind Turbines
Willow Lane Wind Turbines is a cancelled power plant in Merton, England, United Kingdom, with 11 MW of capacity, operated by Chancerygate.
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 | Merton (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 2-4 Willow Lane Industrial Estate Mitcham Junction Near Merton | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 15 Aug 2004 (Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Merton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 Jun 2004 (planning authority Merton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Aug 2004 (granted, planning authority Merton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Chancerygate | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 10 units (1.1 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3928, -0.1536 | 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 Merton)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Merton)
How it compares
Willow Lane Wind Turbines is the 1,033rd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,758th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 11 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 | 1,033rd of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,758th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,726th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 150 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 124 substations, 49 grid connections (30 operating, 313 MW), 1 transmission line 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapitalLand - Croyden | Data center | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Segro Croydon (Morgan Stanley) | Data center | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Pulsant South London | Data center | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Harvard lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Southfield Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 15 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Brentford F C Training Ground 100 grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 17 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.
- © 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.