Seaton Road
Seaton Road is a 4.16 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by Octopus Investments. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.16 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- LE15 9BG
- Coordinates
- 52.5853, -0.7090
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Seaton Road compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.16 MW station would generate roughly 3.6 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,350 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) sites generate electricity from sunlight. Panels produce direct current, which inverters convert to alternating current for the grid. Output follows daylight and the seasons, so annual generation is a small fraction of the maximum possible.
All UK solar farms Solar farms in East Midlands All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- New Albion Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm16.1 km
- Gaultney Β· 21.6 MW solar farm16.7 km
- Eckland Lodge Β· 3.66 MW solar farm16.9 km
- Meadow Farm (Thorpe Lanton) Β· 5 MW solar farm17.1 km
- Islip Β· 4.99 MW solar farm22.4 km
- Asfordby A Β· 4.91 MW solar farm24.4 km
- Burton Wold Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm25.2 km
- Burton Wold Β· 5.95 MW onshore wind farm25.4 km
Also operated by Octopus Investments
Octopus Investments operates 134 sites in the register. Largest first:
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Seaton Road Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- SBC Renewables
- Planning authority
- Rutland
- Planning reference
- 2015/0662/MAJ
- Application submitted
- 23 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 30 September 2015
- Construction started
- 15 October 2016
- Began operating
- 31 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 4 MW
- Address
- Land north of, Seaton Road, Uppingham, Oakham, Leicestershire, LE15 9HH
- REPD reference
- 5532
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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