Sunny Oaks Renewable Energy Park (20 MW)
Sunny Oaks Renewable Energy Park is a 20 MW solar farm project in Isle of Wight, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 15 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 February 2026.
20 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
20 February 2026record last updated
Isle of Wightcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 September 2022 | Application submitted |
| 15 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 15 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 20 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Ridge Clean Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Isle of Wight
- Planning application reference
- 22/01585/FUL
- Site area
- 32.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Se/O Whiterails Road, W/O Briddlesford Road, Wootton, Ryde
- Council area (by location)
- Isle of Wight
- Time to decision
- 149 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- REPD reference
- 12414
Who decides
| Applications | Isle of Wight | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 25 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 17 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 6 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Oaks Renewable Energy Park | battery storage | 28.5 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Grange Farm | solar farm | 6 | operational | 0.9 |
| Fieldscale | solar farm | 10.6 | operational | 4.4 |
| Camp Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 6 | refused | 4.8 |
| East Fairlee | solar farm | 7.3 | operational | 7.8 |
| Hill Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 10.2 | operational | 8.5 |
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 (50.7171, -1.2482).