Power plant · Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Bretton Hall Solar Farm (England)
Bretton Hall Solar Farm (England) is a permitted solar power plant in Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, with 14 MW of capacity, operated by YnNi Newydd.
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 | Flintshire (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Bretton Hall Farm, Chester Road, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0DF | 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 | 12 Oct 2023 (permit 22/02042/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Flintshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 31 May 2022 (reference 22/02042/FUL, planning authority Flintshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Oct 2023 (granted, reference 22/02042/FUL, planning authority Flintshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | YnNi Newydd (YnNi Newydd (New Energy Co-op), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14 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 | 23.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1686, -2.9479 | 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 Flintshire, reference 22/02042/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Flintshire, reference 22/02042/FUL)
How it compares
Bretton Hall Solar Farm (England) is the 101st-largest of 157 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 1,792nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 101st of 157 | 16,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,792nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,249th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 60 grid connections (39 operating, 351 MW), 43 substations, 8 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 33 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 34 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 34 km |
| North Wales Wind Farms Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 36 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 36 km |
Operator and place
More from YnNi Newydd
- Bretton Hall Solar Farm (Wales)16 MW · permitted
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- Dinorwig1,728 MW
- Aberthaw B1,559 MW
- Connahs Quay1,380 MW
- Severn Power Ltd850 MW
- Gwynt y Mor576 MW
- Deeside498 MW
- Ffestiniog360 MW
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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.