Power plant · Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Craignathro Farm - Solar Array
Craignathro Farm - Solar Array is a permitted power plant in Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6 MW of capacity, operated by Craignathro Farms Limited.
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 | Angus (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Field 430 West Of Craignathro Farm, DD8 2LE | 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 | 17 Aug 2023 (permit 23/00077/FULL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Feb 2023 (reference 23/00077/FULL, planning authority Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Aug 2023 (granted, reference 23/00077/FULL, planning authority Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Craignathro Farms Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.6268, -2.8761 | 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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Craignathro Farm - Solar Array is the 730th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,433rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 730th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,433rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,556th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 108 grid connections (33 operating, 500 MW) and 70 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add CAP for FEF201, 1MW Export, 1MW Import grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Lochside Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Laird Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 31.4 MW | Planned | 2.3 km |
| Don and Low Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.4 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Lunanhead GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Lunanhead Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.