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Banbury Road, Gaydon - Solar Array
Banbury Road, Gaydon - Solar Array is an operational 18 MW solar farm in Stratford-on-Avon, generating since 1 August 2025. Planning permission was granted on 23 March 2023, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: Jaguar Land Rover Manufacturing.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 21 November 2022 |
| Permission granted | 23 March 2023 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 August 2025 28 months after consent |
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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.
Stratford-on-Avon’s record on solar
Stratford-on-Avon has decided 36 solar farms and approved 94%, taking a median of 3.7 months. See every solar farm decision in Stratford-on-Avon →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10.4 | 3.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.9 | 3.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.1 | 5.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.3 | 6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 28.7 | 6.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 34.8 | 6.2 km |
Battery · Under Construction | — | 6.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1 | 6.5 km |
How big is Banbury Road, Gaydon - Solar Array?
Banbury Road, Gaydon - Solar Array 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 Banbury Road, Gaydon - Solar Array?
REPD records the operator as Jaguar Land Rover Manufacturing. 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 Banbury Road, Gaydon - Solar Array approved and built?
The application was submitted on 21 November 2022. Permission was granted on 23 March 2023, 4 months later. The site became operational on 1 August 2025, 28 months after consent.
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 10016.
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