Vigo Lane, Borden Solar Farm (40 MW)
Vigo Lane, Borden Solar Farm is a 40 MW solar farm project in Swale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 1 September 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 16 September 2025.
40 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
16 September 2025record last updated
Swalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 May 2023 | Application submitted |
| 9 August 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 1 September 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 September 2025 | Appeal allowed |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 16 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Industria Solar Vigo (Industria Brand Energy)
- Planning authority
- Swale
- Planning application reference
- 23/502210/FULL
- Site area
- 61.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Vigo Lane Borden
- Council area (by location)
- Swale
- Time to decision
- 121 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Vigo Lane, Borden - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 10695
Who decides
| Applications | Swale | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobbing solar farm | solar farm | 11.3 | operational | 4.2 |
| Pitstock Farm | solar farm | 41 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Orchard Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 5.6 |
| Raspberry | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Ridham Avenue, Swale Way - Kemsley Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 249 | approved, not built | 6.3 |
| Plot 2B EurolinkV | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 6.3 |
| Kemsley Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 6.4 |
| Kemsley Energy Park Battery Storage | battery storage | 120 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Tonge Corner Farm | solar farm | 22 | operational | 7.5 |
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 (51.3199, 0.6884).