Power plant · Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Oak Road
Oak Road is a cancelled power plant in Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, with 3.7 MW of capacity, operated by Compact Power and HLC Projects Ltd.
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 | Wrexham (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Oak Road Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 May 2003 (reference P/2003/0547, planning authority Wrexham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Jul 2005 (withdrawn, reference P/2003/0547, planning authority Wrexham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Compact Power (HLC Projects Ltd / Compact Power) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | HLC Projects Ltd (HLC Projects Ltd / Compact Power) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.7 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.0441, -2.9683 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Withdrawn (planning authority Wrexham, reference P/2003/0547)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wrexham, reference P/2003/0547)
How it compares
Oak Road is the 316th-largest of 424 power plants in Wales and the 3,649th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.7 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 316th of 424 | 9,068 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,649th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,486th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 data centers, 4 transmission lines, 3 gas storage facilities, 1 substation and 1 grid connection, 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 | — | — | 23 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 23 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| North Wales Wind Farms Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 34 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 36 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 37 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 40 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 40 km |
Operators 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.
- 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.
- © 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.