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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Oaklands Farm Solar PV

OAKLANDS FARM SOLAR LIMITED. at Drakelow 132kV Substation

Connection date
30 Jun 2027
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
Planning consent
Granted 19 Jun 2025
The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010122 · Source: REPD
Technology
Storage + Solar
Total capacity
162 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
162 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001004
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

What would CMP470’s commitment fee do to a battery like this? See the use case: Will CMP470’s commitment fee clear the battery queue?

Change history

Every change to this project across 151 registers from 29 Jan 2021 to 5 Nov 2026.

  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 21 Nov 2025 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Jun 2025 to 30 Jun 2027 (+25 months)
  • 29 Aug 2025 register
    Customer changed from BAYWA R.E. UK LIMITED to OAKLANDS FARM SOLAR LIMITED.
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Drakelow 132kV to Drakelow 132kV Substation)
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Technology changed from Solar to Storage, Solar
  • 25 Feb 2022 register
    Capacity changed from 79.6 MW to 162 MW
  • 25 Feb 2022 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Oct 2023 to 1 Jun 2025 (+20 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 10 Jan 2023 to 1 Oct 2023 (+9 months)

Also at Drakelow 132kV Substation

Substation view

2 other projects, 372 MW still to connect at this substation in total.

Status definitions (NESO)

Scoping: NESO is not aware that a planning application has been made.

Awaiting Consents: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that a planning application has been made.

Consents Approved: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that the planning application has been approved.

Terminated: used by NESO only in its register of 30 April 2021, for two projects that left the register the next month.

These statuses are NESO’s, not QueueWatch’s, and NESO describes them as “as far as we are aware”, so a project may be further along than its status shows.

Source: NESO

Planning consent

The planning decision or stage for this project, from DESNZ’s Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), July 2026 edition, with the planning authority and its reference. QueueWatch matched the project to that record. NESO’s status can lag behind planning decisions, so the two may differ.

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