Power plant · Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Woodlands Manor Farm, Horton - Solar Farm
Woodlands Manor Farm, Horton - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by BayWa r.e. UKLimited and Grüne Energien Projekt UG.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Dorset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Woodlands Manor Farm, Horton, Wimborne, BH21 8ND | 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 | 7 May 2025 (permit P/FUL/2023/03415, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Jun 2023 (reference P/FUL/2023/03415, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 May 2025 (granted, reference P/FUL/2023/03415, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BayWa r.e. UKLimited (BayWa r.e. UKLimited / Grüne Energien Projekt UG) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Grüne Energien Projekt UG (BayWa r.e. UKLimited / Grüne Energien Projekt UG) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 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 | 60.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8744, -1.9322 | 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 Dorset, reference P/FUL/2023/03415)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Dorset, reference P/FUL/2023/03415)
How it compares
Woodlands Manor Farm, Horton - Solar Farm is the 991st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,569th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 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 | 991st of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,569th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,981st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 213 grid connections (133 operating, 1,053 MW), 165 substations and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgehill PV grid connection | Grid connection | 12.1 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Verwood Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Verwood PV grid connection | Grid connection | 15.2 MW | Operating | 3.9 km |
| Row Hill Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 4.0 km |
| Mannington GSP | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Mannington BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
Operators 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.