Power plant · Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pyotdykes Farm, Stoneygroves, Liff - Solar Farm
Pyotdykes Farm, Stoneygroves, Liff - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 28 MW of capacity, operated by Sonnedix Weston 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 | 500M East Of Stoneygroves Liff, DD2 5QQ | 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 | 13 Mar 2024 (permit 23/00756/FULM, 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 | 25 Oct 2023 (reference 23/00756/FULM, planning authority Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Mar 2024 (granted, reference 23/00756/FULM, planning authority Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sonnedix Weston Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 28 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 | 30 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.4908, -3.0568 | 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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Pyotdykes Farm, Stoneygroves, Liff - Solar Farm is the 534th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,692nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 28 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 | 534th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,692nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,173rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 92 grid connections (26 operating, 392 MW) and 69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Solar 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Gourdie Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Charleston GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Charleston Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| 49.9MW Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| West Gourdie BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 47.4 MW | Operating | 2.2 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.