Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay (24 MW solar farm)
Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay is a 24 MW solar farm project in Vale of White Horse, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 19 May 2021, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 1 June 2021. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 May 2021 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 24 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 1 June 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Infinis Solar Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Planning application reference
- MW.0069/21
- Site area
- 37.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Sutton Courtenay Landfill Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon
- Council area (by location)
- Vale of White Horse
- Name in REPD
- Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay - Solar Photovoltaic Array
- REPD reference
- 9083
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Vale of White Horse | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 31 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 25 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleford | battery storage | 300 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Land adjacent to Culham Science Centre | solar farm | 7 | abandoned | 3.5 |
| Culham Science Centre | battery storage | 250 | abandoned | 3.9 |
| Culham Science Centre, Clifton Hampden | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 4.1 |
| Goose Willow Farm - extension | solar farm | 7 | operational | 5.0 |
| Reading Road | solar farm | 25 | application withdrawn | 5.3 |
| Goose Willow Farm | solar farm | 11.5 | operational | 5.5 |
| Hill Farm Solar Park (VoWH) | solar farm | 14.8 | operational | 5.5 |
| Steventon Solar Park | solar farm | 10 | operational | 5.8 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.6401, -1.2775).