Power plant · Test Valley, England, United Kingdom
Woodington Solar Farm
Woodington Solar Farm is a power plant under construction in Test Valley, England, United Kingdom, with 46 MW of capacity, operated by Woodington Solar Limited.
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 | Woodington Farm, Woodington Road, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6DQ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Jul 2017 (permit 15/02591/FULLS, 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 | 17 Nov 2015 (reference 15/02591/FULLS, planning authority Test Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Jul 2017 (granted, reference 15/02591/FULLS, planning authority Test Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Woodington Solar Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 46 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 | 72 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9879, -1.5644 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Test Valley, reference 15/02591/FULLS)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Test Valley, reference 15/02591/FULLS)
How it compares
Woodington Solar Farm is the 806th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,281st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 46 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 | 806th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,281st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,412th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 228 grid connections (129 operating, 1,206 MW), 198 substations, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ft Woodington Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Dunbridge Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Romsey Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Landfill gas 1.045 MW grid connection at Redlynch | Grid connection | 1.05 MW | Operating | 6.3 km |
| Hamptworth Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 5.7 MW | Operating | 7.1 km |
| North Baddesley Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.4 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 26 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.
- 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.
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