Power plant · Cherwell, England, United Kingdom
Pool Farm, Mill Lane, Stratton - Solar Farm
Pool Farm, Mill Lane, Stratton - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Cherwell, England, United Kingdom, with 44 MW of capacity, operated by JBM Solar Projects 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 | Cherwell (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Pool Farm Mill Lane Stratton Audley, OX27 9BJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 21 May 2025 (permit 22/03873/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Jan 2023 (reference 22/03873/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 May 2025 (appeal granted, reference 22/03873/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Jul 2024 (refused, reference 22/03873/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 May 2025 (granted, reference 22/03873/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | JBM Solar Projects Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 44 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 | 67.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9308, -1.1112 | 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 granted (appeal granted, planning authority Cherwell, reference 22/03873/F)
- Permit granted (planning authority Cherwell, reference 22/03873/F)
- Permit refused (planning authority Cherwell, reference 22/03873/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cherwell, reference 22/03873/F)
How it compares
Pool Farm, Mill Lane, Stratton - Solar Farm is the 818th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,309th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 44 MW is <0.1% 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 | 818th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,309th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,449th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 91 grid connections (38 operating, 385 MW), 81 substations and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launton - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Bicester North Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Part Haveleys Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 45.5 MW | Planned | 3.3 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 3.8 km |
| Bicester Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 24 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.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.