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Rowles Farm solar park
Rowles Farm solar park is operational in Cherwell with a recorded capacity of 13 MW, and has been generating since 2015-03-14.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2013-07-09 |
| Permission granted | 2014-04-17 9 months after submission |
| Operational | 2015-03-14 11 months after consent |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Cherwell
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 solar
Cherwell has decided 36 solar farms and approved 100%, taking a median of 2.4 months. See every solar farm decision in Cherwell →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
New Stone House Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.5 | 4 km |
Ardley EfW EfW Incineration · Operational | 24 | 4.2 km |
Home Farm (Merton - solar) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 18.3 | 6.1 km |
The Flit Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10.5 | 6.4 km |
Brooks Farm Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8 | 6.6 km |
Ray Valley Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 19 | 6.8 km |
Ray Valley Solar Farm Battery · Under Construction | — | 6.8 km |
Tesco Superstore Bicester Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.6 | 6.9 km |
How big is Rowles Farm solar park?
Rowles Farm solar park has a recorded installed capacity of 13 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 Rowles Farm solar park?
REPD records the operator as United Photovoltaics. 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 Rowles Farm solar park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2013-07-09. Permission was granted on 2014-04-17, 9 months later. The site became operational on 2015-03-14, 11 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 1671.
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