Station Road, Ardley Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System (10.5 MW)
Station Road, Ardley Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System is a 10.5 MW solar farm project in Cherwell, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 20 February 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 13 March 2024. 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 |
|---|---|
| 20 February 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 10.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 13 March 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Valencia Waster Management Limited
- Planning authority
- Cherwell
- Planning application reference
- MW.0018/24
- Site area
- 16.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Station Road, Ardley, Bicester
- Council area (by location)
- Cherwell
- Name in REPD
- Station Road, Ardley - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 16000
Who decides
| Applications | Cherwell | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 44 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (14%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 37 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.5 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 5 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fewcott Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.2 | abandoned | 3.3 |
| Pool Farm, Mill Lane, Stratton Solar Farm | solar farm | 44 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| New Stone House | solar farm | 12.5 | operational | 7.4 |
| Shelswell Park Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.2 |
| Bicester Road, Launton | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 8.7 |
| Hill Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.8 |
| Home Farm (Merton solar) | solar farm | 18.3 | operational | 8.9 |
| Land North of Hill Farm | solar farm | 8.9 | approved, not built | 8.9 |
| Wootton Balk | solar | 7.5 | refused | 9.7 |
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 (51.9318, -1.2139).