Power plant · Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Parc Worlton Solar Farm
Parc Worlton Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, with 42 MW of capacity, operated by Lightrock Power.
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 | Vale of Glamorgan (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O St Lythans Road, Cardiff, CF5 6SW | 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 | 21 Jan 2025 (permit CAS-02112-T2N0G8, 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 | 24 Nov 2023 (reference CAS-02112-T2N0G8, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Jan 2025 (granted, reference CAS-02112-T2N0G8, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lightrock Power (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 42 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 | 49.1 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4405, -3.3008 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP), reference CAS-02112-T2N0G8)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP), reference CAS-02112-T2N0G8)
How it compares
Parc Worlton Solar Farm is the 55th-largest of 157 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 1,120th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 42 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 55th of 157 | 16,088 MW | 0.26% |
| United Kingdom | 1,120th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,284th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGI Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Centerprise International (Distribution) | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Microsoft Newport data centre | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 34 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 38 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in Wales
- Pembroke2,325 MW
- 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.
- 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.