Power plant · West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Kencot Hill Solar Farm
Kencot Hill Solar Farm is a power plant in West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 37 MW of capacity, operated by Foresight Solar Fund.
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 |
| Address | Land to north and east of Kencot Hill Farm House, Kencot, Lechlade, GL7 3QY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2014 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 20 Jun 2012 (permit 12/0584/P/FP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Apr 2012 (reference 12/0584/P/FP, planning authority West Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 20 Jun 2012 (granted, reference 12/0584/P/FP, planning authority West Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Foresight Solar Fund | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 37 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 | 51.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7606, -1.6367 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority West Oxfordshire, reference 12/0584/P/FP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Oxfordshire, reference 12/0584/P/FP)
How it compares
Kencot Hill Solar Farm is the 337th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 622nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 37 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 | 337th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 622nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,428th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 164 grid connections (88 operating, 1,002 MW), 120 substations and 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV Generation Substation grid connection | Grid connection | 16.6 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| PV Generation Substation grid connection | Grid connection | 16.6 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Carterton Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Westerfield Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 9.41 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Black Bourton Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Burford Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
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- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
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