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Welcome to the project website for Botley West Solar Farm.
You can find out information about the project across this website.
We have held four rounds of consultation, most recently our second Targeted Consultation that ran from Thursday 15thAugust 2024 to Sunday 15th September 2024.
We are now considering the feedback you gave us during this phase of consultation, as well as our first Targeted Consultation, that ran from June to July 2024, as well as the feedback received during our second phase of consultation that ran between November 2023 and February 2024, to develop our proposals further. Additionally, we are continuing to engage with relevant groups and stakeholders and undertake environmental assessments ahead of submitting the DCO Application, anticipated for Winter 2024.
We would like to thank everyone who has engaged with our updated proposals and has submitted feedback. All feedback that the project team received will be considered to help further shape the proposals going forward.
You can continue to contact us by email, our freephone information line and by freepost. Our contact details can be found at the bottom of the page.
Photovolt Development Partners (PVDP) is proposing Botley West Solar Farm, a new solar farm in the west of Oxfordshire.
Botley West could deliver 840 megawatts (MW) of clean, affordable power to the National Grid, contributing to reducing carbon emissions and improving UK energy security. The project will connect to a new National Grid substation, to be built by National Grid near Farmoor reservoir, to the west of Botley, hence the name Botley West.
Our Proposals
Botley West has an agreement to provide 840 MW of clean, affordable power to the National Grid, providing enough electricity for the equivalent of 330,000 homes.
Botley West has increased minimum buffer zone distances between solar panels and all buildings, as well as providing significant increases to the buffer zones near residential areas.
Botley West seeks to increase recreational use and access across the site through the creation of new footpaths and cycle paths.
Botley West now includes a Landscape and Ecology Masterplan and will deliver a minimum Biodiversity Net Gain of at least 70%.
Botley West is exploring a dynamic and wide-ranging community benefits package.
Indicative Project Timeline
September 2022
Early engagement with local authorities
November - December 2022
Phase One
Non-Statutory Consultation
January - June 2023
Refinement of proposals
June 2023
Scoping request submitted to PINS
July 2023
Consultation on the Draft SoCC with LPAs
November 2023 - February 2024
Phase Two Statutory Consultation and
publication of the SoCC and PEIR
Summer 2024
Targeted Consultation
Winter 2024
DCO application submission
2025
DCO Examination
2025/2026
Anticipated DCO decision from Secretary of State
Autumn 2027
Grid Connection Agreement Date