Westmill Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Westmill Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Vale of White Horse, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 19 July 2011; the record was last updated on 19 December 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
19 December 2017record last updated
Vale of White Horsecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 January 2011 | Application submitted |
| 28 March 2011 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 June 2011 | Construction started |
| 19 July 2011 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 19 December 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Private Developer
- Planning authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Planning application reference
- 11/00077/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Highworth Road, Watchfield, Swindon
- Council area (by location)
- Vale of White Horse
- Time to decision
- 12 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Westmill Farm - PV
- REPD reference
- 1054
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmill Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.5 | operational | 1.6 |
| Snowswick Lane, Coleshill Solar Farm | solar farm | 39.6 | application submitted | 3.4 |
| Roves Farm (Solar) | solar farm | 12.7 | operational | 4.4 |
| Sevor Farm | solar farm | 9.3 | operational | 5.8 |
| Lynt Farm | solar farm | 27 | operational | 6.2 |
| Queenslaine Farm, Highworth Road | battery storage | 66 | approved, not built | 6.2 |
| Corner Copse Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 6.5 |
| Mount Pleasant Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 35 | application submitted | 6.7 |
| Honda wind Farm | wind farm | 6.9 | refused | 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 (51.6188, -1.644).