Power plant · West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Tar Solar Farm
Tar Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Bluefield Renewable Developments 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 | West Oxfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Tar Farm, Tar Road, Stanton, Witney, OX29 5AL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 27 Jun 2023 (permit 21/03711/FUL, 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 | 15 Nov 2021 (ref. 21/03711/FUL, West Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Jun 2023 (granted, ref. 21/03711/FUL, West Oxfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Bluefield Renewable Developments Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 84.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7606, -1.4364 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Tar Solar Farm is the 514th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 886th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 514th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 886th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,966th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 232 grid connections (87 operating, 1,020 MW) and 141 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF13A Tar Farm Cottage grid connection | Grid connection | 33 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Oxfo 35MW - PV & Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Eynsham Estate - PV & BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 3.2 km |
| Witney BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Witney Town Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Eynsham Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.