Power plant · Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom
Botley - Solar Photovoltaic Array
Botley - Solar Photovoltaic Array is a cancelled power plant in Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Red House Solar 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 White Horse (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | W/O Red House Farm, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9ND | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Dec 2024 (reference P24/V2489/FUL, planning authority Vale of White Horse) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Nov 2025 (refused, reference P24/V2489/FUL, planning authority Vale of White Horse) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Red House Solar Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 63.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7557, -1.3023 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (planning authority Vale of White Horse, reference P24/V2489/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Vale of White Horse, reference P24/V2489/FUL)
How it compares
Botley - Solar Photovoltaic Array is the 168th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 352nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 168th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 352nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,855th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 179 grid connections (88 operating, 1,111 MW), 158 substations and 22 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilbury Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| 15MW PV and 5MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Oxford (Osney) BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Oxford Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| North Hinksey Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Wellbeck Health Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 4.6 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
- Tilbury Farm grid connection49.9 MW
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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.
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