Shipton Bellinger
Shipton Bellinger is a 5.43 MW solar farm in South East 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
- South East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5.43 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SP4 0EG
- Coordinates
- 51.1947, -1.6660
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 Shipton Bellinger compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 5.43 MW station would generate roughly 4.8 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,760 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.
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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
- Shipton Bellinger - Park House Corner Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Low Carbon Solar
- Planning authority
- Test Valley
- Planning reference
- 11/00554/FULLN
- Application submitted
- 4 March 2011
- Permission granted
- 17 May 2011
- Construction started
- 3 December 2012
- Began operating
- 21 February 2013
- Capacity in planning record
- 5.4 MW
- Address
- Salisbury Road, Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire, Hampshire
- REPD reference
- 1573
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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