Power plant · North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Castlehill Solar Farm
Castlehill Solar Farm is a cancelled power plant in North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by SBC Renewables.
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 | North Ayrshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Site To North East Of Castlehill Farm, Stevenston, Ayrshire, KA13 6TT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Oct 2015 (permit 15/00469/PP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Aug 2015 (reference 15/00469/PP, planning authority North Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Oct 2015 (granted, reference 15/00469/PP, planning authority North Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SBC Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 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 | 12.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.6560, -4.7262 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority North Ayrshire, reference 15/00469/PP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Ayrshire, reference 15/00469/PP)
How it compares
Castlehill Solar Farm is the 755th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 2,742nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 755th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,742nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,380th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 22 substations, 14 grid connections (8 operating, 81.7 MW) and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 17 km |
| Bruchag Primary | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Brodick Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Rothesay Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Glenkiln Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 30 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| 45MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 38 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.