Snowswick Lane, Coleshill Solar Farm (39.6 MW)
Snowswick Lane, Coleshill Solar Farm is a 39.6 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 20 August 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 3 October 2025.
39.6 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
3 October 2025record last updated
Vale of White Horsecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 39.6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 3 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Abei Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Planning application reference
- P25/V1646/FUL
- Site area
- 73.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Snowswick Lane near Coleshill
- Council area (by location)
- Vale of White Horse
- Name in REPD
- Snowswick Lane, Coleshill - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 10757
The scheme also includes 25 MW of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynt Farm | solar farm | 27 | operational | 3.1 |
| Westmill Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.4 |
| Westmill Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.5 | operational | 3.5 |
| Pentylands Farm | solar farm | 19 | operational | 4.7 |
| Roves Farm (Solar) | solar farm | 12.7 | operational | 6.0 |
| Corner Copse Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 6.2 |
| Queenslaine Farm, Highworth Road | battery storage | 66 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Stanton solar park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.9 |
| Sevor Farm | solar farm | 9.3 | operational | 7.1 |
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 (51.6468, -1.6632).