Power plant · Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Wykey Farm, Ruyton Xi Towns - Solar Array
Wykey Farm, Ruyton Xi Towns - Solar Array is a cancelled solar power plant in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity.
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 | Shropshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 13 May 2022 (permit 22/01123/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Mar 2022 (reference 22/01123/FUL, planning authority Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 May 2022 (granted, reference 22/01123/FUL, planning authority Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 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 | 0.93 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8191, -2.9035 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Latest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Shropshire, reference 22/01123/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Shropshire, reference 22/01123/FUL)
How it compares
Wykey Farm, Ruyton Xi Towns - Solar Array was cancelled before it was built: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 1 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 226 substations, 96 grid connections (70 operating, 465 MW), 4 transmission lines, 2 data centers and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wykey Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Abbotsmoor Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Express Foods T1 | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Moor Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 3.2 km |
| Baschurch T1 | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| West Felton T1 | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid) | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 20 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 21 km |
Place
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- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.