Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (5 November 2025) – Members of the public are now invited to share their views on Rosefield Solar Farm, following acceptance of the application by the Planning Inspectorate on 24th October, to help inform how it will be examined.
Plans for the proposed solar farm with battery storage, which would be located between Buckingham and Aylesbury, have been significantly updated following a second stage of public consultation last year. The updated plans include moving some of the panels further away from homes and villages, enhanced proposals for new footpaths and planting (including 4km of new hedgerows and over 8.5 hectares of new woodland), as well as refined proposed locations for the battery storage and Rosefield Substation. A community benefit fund would provide £400 per megawatt of installed capacity for communities to spend on local projects.
EDF power solution UK’s Director of Storage, Solar and Private Wire Matthew Boulton said,
“We would like to thank everyone who has taken their time to share their views with us over the past two years. Community feedback has been crucial in helping us to refine our plans for Rosefield Solar Farm, which now include a significant increase to the amount of new footpaths and planting as well as a relocation, as requested, of the proposed substation.
With the potential to supply enough clean, secure electricity to power over 57,000 homes each year*, Rosefield Solar Farm would make an important contribution to the UK’s future energy supply and the government’s targets for scaling up solar power generation.”
Matt Hazell, Co-owner & Director at PS Renewables, said: “We are delighted that Rosefield Solar Farm has been accepted for examination, our fourth DCO application which has reached this milestone.
Projects like Rosefield will be key contributors to the UK’s energy security alongside bringing investment, low-cost electricity for consumers and helping meet global climate goals and net-zero targets.”
The application is now in the ‘pre-examination stage.’ Anyone is able to register to participate in the examination stage by submitting a written summary of their views – known as a Relevant Representation – to the Planning Inspectorate between 5 November – 12 December 2025. These submissions will help inform the topics that are considered during the six-month examination stage.
More information, including all of the application documents, is now available on the Rosefield page of the Planning Inspectorate’s website: https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/EN010158/.
For further information, please contact:
info@rosefieldsolarfarm.co.uk
0800 861 1097
* Based upon the average domestic electricity consumption per home (temperature corrected) per the Energy Consumption in the UK (published September 2021, Table C9 of ECUK: Consumption data tables)
