Power plant · Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Vianshill Farm, Parc Dyffryn - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Vianshill Farm, Parc Dyffryn - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, with 65 MW of capacity, operated by Cenin Renewables 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 | Vale of Glamorgan (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at Vianshill Farm, The Downs, St Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan, CF5 6SB | 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 | 23 May 2024 (permit DNS/3267575, 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 | 5 Oct 2022 (reference DNS/3267575, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 May 2024 (granted, reference DNS/3267575, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cenin Renewables Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 65 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 | 96.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4630, -3.2836 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Vianshill Farm, Parc Dyffryn - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 43rd-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 655th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 65 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 | 43rd of 177 | 16,801 MW | 0.39% |
| United Kingdom | 655th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,617th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 313 grid connections, 9 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coedarrhydyglyn grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Drope Road Solar Farm St Georges Cardiff grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Cenin Whitton MAWR grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Centerprise International (Distribution) | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Microsoft Newport data centre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 20 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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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © 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.