Power plant · Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Denfield - Solar Farm
Denfield - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12.5 MW of capacity, operated by Peter J Stirling 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 | 200m W/O Denfield, Arbroath, DD11 2QH | 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 | 14 Feb 2025 (permit 24/00589/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 | 16 Oct 2024 (reference 24/00589/FULL, planning authority Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Feb 2025 (granted, reference 24/00589/FULL, planning authority Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Peter J Stirling Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12.5 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 | 24.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.5752, -2.6327 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Angus, reference 24/00589/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Angus, reference 24/00589/FULL)
How it compares
Denfield - Solar Farm is the 588th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,815th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12.5 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 588th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,815th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,532nd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 97 grid connections (28 operating, 428 MW) and 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lochaber Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Lochaber Farm 50MW PV/BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Crudie Acres Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Arbroath GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Charles Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Elliot Depot Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.6 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.
- 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.