Power plant · Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Bretton Hall Solar Farm (Wales)
Bretton Hall Solar Farm (Wales) is a permitted power plant in Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, with 16 MW of capacity, operated by YnNi Newydd.
Facts
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| 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, Flintshire, 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 | 19 Dec 2023 (permit DNS/3251545, Welsh Government development of national significance, issued by Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Jul 2022 (reference DNS/3251545, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Dec 2023 (granted, reference DNS/3251545, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | YnNi Newydd (YnNi Newydd (New Energy Co-op)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 16 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 | 25 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1721, -2.9530 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Bretton Hall Solar Farm (Wales) is the 107th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 2,070th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 107th of 177 | 16,801 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,070th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,369th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 68 grid connections (39 operating, 351 MW), 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 | — | — | 8.3 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 | 34 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 34 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 35 km |
| North Wales Wind Farms Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 36 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 36 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 37 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.
- 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.
- 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.