Power plant · Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Wood End, Mursley Road
Wood End, Mursley Road is a permitted power plant in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, with 36 MW of capacity, operated by Elgin Energy.
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 | Buckinghamshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Home Farm, Mursley Road, Little Horwood, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0PG | 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 | 2 Dec 2022 (permit 19/04485/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 | 10 Jan 2020 (reference 19/04485/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Dec 2022 (appeal granted, reference 19/04485/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 May 2022 (refused, reference 19/04485/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Dec 2022 (granted, reference 19/04485/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Elgin Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 36 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 | 48.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9681, -0.8418 | 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 (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 19/04485/APP)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 19/04485/APP)
- Permit refused (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 19/04485/APP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 19/04485/APP)
How it compares
Wood End, Mursley Road is the 929th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,469th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 36 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 | 929th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,469th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,716th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 79 grid connections (33 operating, 279 MW), 69 substations and 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 6.5 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 9.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 15 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 17 km |
| Part Haveleys Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 45.5 MW | Planned | 18 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 21 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.