Power plant · West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Botley West, Botley - Botley West Solar Project
Botley West, Botley - Botley West Solar Project is a power plant in West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 840 MW of capacity, operated by SolarFive, Photovolt Development Partners and Photovolt Development Partners on behalf of SolarFive Ltd.
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 | West Oxfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | West Oxfordshire (coordinates), England (South East) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Botley West, Botley, Oxford, OX29 4DZ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land in West Oxfordshire, Cherwell and Vale of White Horse Districts, across approx 1400 hectares | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (decision) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Nov 2024 (reference EN010147, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Nov 2024 (reference EN010147, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SolarFive (Photovolt Development Partners / SolarFive) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Photovolt Development Partners (Photovolt Development Partners / SolarFive) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Photovolt Development Partners on behalf of SolarFive Ltd (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 840 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 840 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 1,400 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 1,414 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8137, -1.3460 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010147) · source
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010147)
Also recorded as
2 sources record Botley West, Botley - Botley West Solar Project; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botley West, Botley - Botley West Solar Project | asset:repd:12588 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | — |
| Botley West Solar Farm | asset:pins-nsip:en010147 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | Same similar name, coordinates, operator and capacity |
How it compares
Botley West, Botley - Botley West Solar Project is the 46th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 74th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 840 MW is 0.28% of the 300,461 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 46th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.45% |
| United Kingdom | 74th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.28% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 120th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.13% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 155 grid connections (80 operating, 945 MW), 136 substations and 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrivert Limited grid connection | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Knightsbridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 48.1 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Yarnton Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Yarnton BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Minnis Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 3.6 km |
| Eynsham Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.8 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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