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Aurora Solar Farm
Aurora Solar Farm is an 18 MW battery storage site under construction in West Oxfordshire. Planning permission was granted on 22 April 2021, 19 months after submission. Operator of record: Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 24 September 2019 |
| Permission granted | 22 April 2021 19 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
West Oxfordshire’s record on battery storage
West Oxfordshire has decided 7 battery storage schemes and approved 86%, taking a median of 6.7 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in West Oxfordshire →
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|---|---|---|
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13.2 | 2.1 km |
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Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 36 | 7.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10.5 | 8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 5 | 8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.5 | 10 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.5 | 14.1 km |
How big is Aurora Solar Farm?
Aurora Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 18 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Aurora Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Aurora Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 24 September 2019. Permission was granted on 22 April 2021, 19 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 7385.
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