Power plant · Stafford, England, United Kingdom
Wincote Farm, Wincote Lane - Solar Farm
Wincote Farm, Wincote Lane - Solar Farm is a planned solar power plant in Stafford, England, United Kingdom, with 30.3 MW of capacity, operated by Green Switch Capital Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Stafford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Wincote Farm Wincote Lane Wootton, ST21 6JE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Mar 2023 (reference 23/37149/FUL, planning authority Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Switch Capital Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30.3 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 | 25.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8446, -2.2621 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Stafford, reference 23/37149/FUL)
How it compares
Wincote Farm, Wincote Lane - Solar Farm is the 804th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,319th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30.3 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 804th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,319th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,747th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 grid connections (7 operating, 60.8 MW), 5 substations, 3 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 36 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 42 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 44 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 45 km |
| Dane Moss Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 45 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 45 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.