Sainsburys Oxford Road Banbury OX16 9XA
Approved on 17 June 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
We intend to install 678 No. monocrystalline silicon solar photo-voltaic modules. The chosen PV module will have dimensions of approximately 1762 × 1134 × 30 mm and will be installed using a ballast mounted frame system (suitable for flat roof mounting).
- Received
- 23 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cherwell District Council
- Ward
- Banbury Calthorpe And Easington
- ReceivedReceived23 Apr
- ValidatedValidated23 Apr
- Consult.Consultation11 Jun
- TargetTarget Date18 Jun
- DecidedDecided17 Jun
Decided in 55 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Sainsburys Oxford Road Banbury OX16 9XA. Cherwell has handled 10,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Banbury Calthorpe And Easington. We hold 1,041 applications in total for the OX16 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- OX16 9XA
- Application type
- Solar Photovoltaics
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Banbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Micky Vallely RURAL INNOVATION CENTRE AVENUE H STONELEIGH PARK KENILWORTH CV8 2LG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Cherwell
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