Oak Grove Farm (5.7 MW solar farm)
Oak Grove Farm is a 5.7 MW solar farm project in Monmouthshire, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 30 March 2017; the record was last updated on 1 November 2017.
5.7 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
1 November 2017record last updated
Monmouthshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 March 2015 | Application submitted |
| 30 January 2017 | Construction started |
| 30 March 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5.7 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 1 November 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Monmouthshire County Council
- Planning authority
- Monmouthshire
- Planning application reference
- DC/2015/00247
- Site area
- 15.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Oak Grove Farm, A48, Crick to Parkwall Roundabout, Crick
- Council area (by location)
- Monmouthshire
- REPD reference
- 6493
Who decides
| Applications | Monmouthshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 12 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 12 | 12% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southbrook Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.6 |
| Rhewl Farm | solar farm | 6 | operational | 2.7 |
| Sedbury Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.5 |
| Tump Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.1 |
| Land North West of Magor Service Station | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 8.4 |
| Avonmouth Port II | wind farm | 5 | operational | 8.7 |
| Ingst Hill Wind Farm/ M48 Wind Farm | wind farm | 5.2 | appeal withdrawn | 8.7 |
| Central Park Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 7 | application submitted | 9.3 |
| Unnamed battery storage (REPD 6907) | battery storage | 20 | abandoned | 9.3 |
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 (51.6107, -2.7209).