Power plant · Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Shire-End Farm
Shire-End Farm is a cancelled solar power plant in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 17 MW of capacity, operated by Qair Scotland 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 | Perth and Kinross (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Shire-End Farm, Forgandenny, Perth, Tayside, PH2 9DR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 18 Feb 2016 (permit 14/02077/FLL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Dec 2014 (reference 14/02077/FLL, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Feb 2016 (granted, reference 14/02077/FLL, planning authority Perth and Kinross) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Qair Scotland Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 17 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 | 81.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.2709, -3.4583 | 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 Perth and Kinross, reference 14/02077/FLL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 14/02077/FLL)
How it compares
Shire-End Farm is the 583rd-largest of 1,342 power plants in Scotland and the 1,748th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 17 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 583rd of 1,342 | 46,828 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,748th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,277th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 73 grid connections (25 operating, 419 MW), 57 substations and 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shire End 20MW PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Lochebank Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 9.45 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Milnathort Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Fragland grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 6.5 km |
| Bridge of Earn Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.8 km |
| Forteviot Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.9 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
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