Power plant · Test Valley, England, United Kingdom
Winchester Road, Wherwell - Solar Farm
Winchester Road, Wherwell - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Test Valley, England, United Kingdom, with 45.9 MW of capacity, operated by RE Projects Development and Solarig.
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 | Test Valley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Winchester Road Winchester Road Wherwell, SP11 7HW | 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 | 5 Feb 2025 (permit 23/02225/FULLN, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Test Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Sept 2023 (reference 23/02225/FULLN, planning authority Test Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Feb 2025 (granted, reference 23/02225/FULLN, planning authority Test Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RE Projects Development (RE Projects Development / Solarig) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Solarig (RE Projects Development / Solarig) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 45.9 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 | 56.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1771, -1.4613 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Winchester Road, Wherwell - Solar Farm is the 808th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,284th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 45.9 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 808th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,284th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,416th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 249 grid connections (142 operating, 1,454 MW), 231 substations, 23 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wherwell Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 32.4 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Solar 30.4 MW grid connection at Wherwell PV GEN | Grid connection | 30.4 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Fullerton Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.33 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Andover Town Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Andover East Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Barton Stacey Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
Operators and place
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- Wherwell Solar Farm grid connection32.4 MW
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.