Botley West Solar Farm

Tue 29 Nov 2022, 12:50

The 1,000 hectare Botley West Solar Farm is split across three sites in Cherwell, West Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse, much of which comes under the Blenheim Estate. Two of the sites -- including the largest, between Yarnton and Long Hanborough, and including Bladon and Cassington -- are fairly near here. The Northern site includes Wootton and Shipton-on-Cherwell. The name of the Solar Farm disguises the actual locations. 

WODC have said: "We are very concerned that given the intrusive nature of what is being proposed that the applicant appears to be circumventing the planning authority’s normal practice. By using three distinct separate sites as a single application and leaving it to the Secretary of State to decide it does not give each area affected the chance to give their own view through the normal planning process on behalf of local communities."

The Oxford Mail report was here: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23100032.oxfordshire-councillors-optimistic-botley-west-solar-farm/

There's a consultation, but the link in the Mail does not work. The page is instead this one: https://botleywest.co.uk/Consultation.html

The consultation is not open for much longer (to Dec 15th), and most local consultations have passed; but there is a zoom event on Monday 5th December. 

Tue 29 Nov 2022, 09:13

It was on the BBC site a while back. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-63499993

Tue 29 Nov 2022, 09:01

Does anyone know much about botleywest.co.uk/Home-Botley-West.html , it will be massive, the largest in Europe, just down the road...? Curious.