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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Botley West - Cote Solar Power Station

SOLARFIVE LTD at Farmoor 400kV Substation

Connection date
31 Oct 2031 +60 months since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Awaiting Consents
Planning consent
Awaiting decision since 10 Feb 2026
Botley West Solar Farm (EN010147) · Source: Planning Inspectorate
Technology
Solar
Total capacity
840 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
840 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001587
In the register since
September 2021

Change history

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

  • 3 Nov 2026 register
    Status changed from Consents Approved to Awaiting Consents
  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Connection point changed from Botley West 400kV Substation to Farmoor 400kV Substation
  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2031 (+60 months)
  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 31 Jan 2023 register
    Connection point changed from Botley Wood 400kV Substation to Botley West 400kV Substation
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Connection point changed from Botley West 400kV Substation to Botley Wood 400kV Substation
  • 28 Sep 2021 register
    Added to the register

Also at Farmoor 400kV Substation

Substation view

No other projects in the register at this connection point.

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 the Planning Inspectorate’s list of National Infrastructure Projects. QueueWatch matched the project to that record. NESO’s status can lag behind planning decisions, so the two may differ.

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