Power plant · Stafford, England, United Kingdom
Yew Tree Farm, Drointon Lane
Yew Tree Farm, Drointon Lane is a planned power plant in Stafford, England, United Kingdom, with 49 MW of capacity, operated by Push 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 | Stafford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Yew Tree Farm Drointon Lane Grindley Stafford, ST18 0LX | 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 | 7 May 2025 (reference 25/40571/FUL, planning authority Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Push Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49 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 | 86 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8427, -1.9580 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Yew Tree Farm, Drointon Lane is the 782nd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,243rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 782nd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,243rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,326th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 347 grid connections (9 operating, 116 MW), 3 data centers, 1 transmission line and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yew Tree Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Lower Farm Solar and Storage Plant grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Moreton Brook grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 41 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 47 km |
Operator and place
More from Push Energy
- Hatton Solar Farm49.9 MW · permitted
- Yew Tree Farm, Drointon Lane30 MW · planned
- Kentish Farm 2 - Battery Energy Storage22.5 MW · planned
- Rolleston Park Farm18.7 MW
- Kentish Farm 2 - Solar Farm16.5 MW · planned
- Croydon / Church Farm (Royston)16.5 MW
- Bassingbourn Solar Farm14.4 MW
- Gosfield Airfield12.6 MW
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.