Dear Clerk,
I am writing to inform you of our updated proposals for Botley West Solar Farm. Photovolt Development Partners, on behalf of SolarFive Ltd, is carrying out a further round of targeted consultation for Botley West Solar Farm, focusing on a specific change that has been made in the Central Site. The change is located on the southern edge of Bladon Heath, south of Bladon and west of Begbroke in the Central Site.
We are now consulting on this proposed change from Thursday 15th August to Sunday 15th September 2024. The deadline for feedback is Sunday 15th September 2024.
Following design developments since our phase two consultation undertaken between November 2023 and February 2024, a number of changes to the proposals for Botley West Solar Farm have been made. This progression has been informed by further design work and due diligence, consideration of consultee feedback, and responding to results and data from environmental assessments. We are also continuing to process and consider feedback from our targeted consultation on specific changes across the site, which ran from 14 June to 28 July 2024.
This consultation focuses on an addition to the Order limit to include land around an established veteran tree, adding necessary flexibility to the existing cable corridor. The details of this change, including the impact on environmental effects already reported, can be seen within our Information Change Note, which is attached This presents our change and sets out whether it has any significant effect on what is presented within the PEIR.
Have your say
We encourage you to submit feedback on this targeted change for Botley West during this time by following the instructions below. The feedback and comments we receive will help inform the final design of the project, which we will submit to the Planning Inspectorate for consideration. Please note that the deadline for submission of feedback is Sunday 15th September 2024 (on or before this date).
Information on our updated proposals, including our Information Change Note, can be viewed in the Document Library section on our website: www.botleywest.co.uk. There is also the Site Location and Order Limits Plan which is available on our website where the change can be viewed.
Hard copies of materials regarding this consultation are available at
- Woodstock Library, Fletchers House, Park St, Woodstock, OX20 1SN
- West Oxfordshire District Council Town Centre Shop, 3 Welch Way, Witney, OX28 6JH
- Kidlington Library, 23 Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 2BP
- Botley Library, 5a Church Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9TH
- Eynsham Library, 30 Mill Street, Eynsham, OX29 4JS
You can provide feedback in the following ways:
- By emailing the project team at info@botleywest.co.uk
- By writing to us, free of charge, to FREEPOST BWSF. You do not need a stamp.
During this phase of consultation, our phonelines will be open between 9am – 7pm from Monday to Wednesday, and 9am – 5pm on Thursdays and Fridays. A voicemail service will operate outside of these hours.
Kind regards,
Mark Owen-Lloyd,
Project Developer
On behalf of the Botley West Solar Farm Project Team
Email: info@botleywest.co.uk
Freephone Information Line: 0808 175 3085
Freepost: FREEPOST BWSF
Website: www.botleywest.co.uk