Quarry Solar Farm & Battery Storage Facility (35 MW, REPD 16658)
Quarry Solar Farm & Battery Storage Facility is a 35 MW solar farm project in West Oxfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 28 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 February 2026.
35 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
20 February 2026record last updated
West Oxfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 June 2024 | Application submitted |
| 28 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 28 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 35 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 20 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- RWE
- Planning authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Planning application reference
- 24/01565/FUL
- Site area
- 99.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- University Farm, Hailey Witney
- Council area (by location)
- West Oxfordshire
- Time to decision
- 57 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- REPD reference
- 16658
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry Solar Farm & Battery Storage Facility 23/01524/FUL | 35 | 2 June 2023 | replaced by a revised application |
Who decides
| Applications | West Oxfordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 34 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 11 (32%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 9 of 26 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry Solar Farm & Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 35 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Akeman Solar Park & Battery Storage | solar farm | 20 | refused | 2.6 |
| Witney Bypass, Stanton Harcourt Road | battery storage | 150 | application submitted | 4.2 |
| Eynsham Solar Farm | solar farm | 13.2 | operational | 4.3 |
| Ducklington Solar Farm | solar farm | 36 | under construction | 4.7 |
| Caswell Lane, Brize Norton Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 5.1 |
| Tar Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
| Tar Solar Farm | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
| Aurora Solar Farm | solar farm | 32 | under construction | 6.3 |
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 (51.8049, -1.4866).