Power plant · North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Auchinlea Landfill Site, Carlisle Road - Solar Array
Auchinlea Landfill Site, Carlisle Road - Solar Array is a planned solar power plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2 MW of capacity, operated by North Lanarkshire Council.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Auchinlea Landfill Site, Carlisle Road, Cleland, Motherwell, ML1 5LR | 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 | 16 Oct 2025 (reference 25/00932/FUL, planning authority North Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | North Lanarkshire Council (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2 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 | 19.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8117, -3.9017 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority North Lanarkshire, reference 25/00932/FUL)
How it compares
Auchinlea Landfill Site, Carlisle Road - Solar Array is the 706th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,268th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 706th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,268th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,488th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 12 data centers, 10 grid connections (4 operating, 35.9 MW) and 9 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 38 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Kepculloch Primary | Substation | — | — | 42 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.