Fair Oaks Renewable Energy Park Solar farm & Battery energy storage (49.9 MW)
Fair Oaks Renewable Energy Park Solar farm & Battery energy storage is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Rushcliffe, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 2 October 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 May 2026.
49.9 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
7 May 2026record last updated
Rushcliffecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 February 2023 | Application submitted |
| 2 October 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 2 October 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 May 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Ridge Clean Energy Limited / L&G NTR Clean Power
- Planning authority
- Rushcliffe
- Planning application reference
- 23/00254/FUL
- Site area
- 84.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Fields Farm Asher Lane Ruddington
- Council area (by location)
- Rushcliffe
- Time to decision
- 33 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- Name in REPD
- Fair Oaks Renewable Energy Park - Solar farm & Battery energy storage
- REPD reference
- 9795
The scheme also includes 49.9 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Rushcliffe | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 43 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 34 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 23.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gotham | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 3.2 |
| Highfields Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 42.9 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
| Old Wood Energy Park Solar Pv Panel | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Old Wood Energy Park | battery storage | 85 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Kingston Solar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 4.7 |
| Nottingham University Wind | wind farm | 5 | refused | 4.9 |
| Boots Campus - Roof Top Solar Farm | rooftop solar | 6.3 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| West Leake Lane, Ratcliffe | battery storage | 1,200 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| West Leake Lane, Ratcliffe | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
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 (52.8806, -1.157).