Spittleborough
Spittleborough is a 9.14 MW solar farm in South West 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 West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 9.14 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SN4 8ET
- Coordinates
- 51.5464, -1.8814
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 Spittleborough compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 9.14 MW station would generate roughly 8.0 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,970 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 South West All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- CommonFarm Β· 3.34 MW solar farm5.5 km
- Swindon Β· 60.9 MW solar farm6.1 km
- Bentham Β· 11.1 MW solar farm6.7 km
- Bradenstoke Solar Park Ltd Β· 69.8 MW solar farm7.4 km
- Beech Farm Β· 4.3 MW solar farm12.0 km
- Newnton Dairy Β· 7.18 MW solar farm18.3 km
- Hullavington Β· 8.32 MW solar farm19.1 km
- Crucis Farm Β· 16.1 MW solar farm19.9 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
- Spittleborough Farm
- Developer / operator
- MTS Spittleborough Solar Ltd
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning reference
- 13/02191/FUL
- Application submitted
- 15 July 2013
- Permission granted
- 9 December 2013
- Construction started
- 31 January 2014
- Began operating
- 25 March 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 12 MW
- Address
- Swindon Road Lydiard Tregoze Royal Wootton Bassett Wiltshire, Wiltshire, SN4 8ET
- REPD reference
- 2061
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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