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Ray Valley Solar Farm
Ray Valley Solar Farm is a battery storage site under construction in Cherwell. Planning permission was granted on 17 August 2020, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: Low Carbon.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 3 February 2020 |
| Permission granted | 17 August 2020 6 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 agricultural land.
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.
Cherwell’s record on battery storage
Cherwell has decided 6 battery storage schemes and approved 83%, taking a median of 5.6 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Cherwell →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 19 | 0 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8 | 0.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 18.3 | 1.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.5 | 4.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.6 | 4.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13 | 6.8 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 24 | 7.8 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2 | 10.2 km |
How big is Ray Valley Solar Farm?
REPD does not record an installed capacity for Ray Valley Solar Farm.
Who operates Ray Valley Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Low Carbon. 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 Ray Valley Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 3 February 2020. Permission was granted on 17 August 2020, 6 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 7498.
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