Land At Watlington Road Cowley Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 7UB
Proposal
Installation of an underground high voltage cable to support solar farm (South Oxfordshire Reference P23/S4132/FUL)
- Received
- 15 December 2025
- Decided
- 4 August 2026 · Approved
- Council
- Oxford City Council
- ReceivedSubmitted15 Dec
- ValidatedValidated15 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided4 Aug
Decided in 232 days
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Land At Watlington Road Cowley Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 7UB. Oxford has handled 6,063 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 232 days, 26 weeks longer than Oxford's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,655 applications in total for the OX4 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
- Green belt: South OxfordshireNext to the site
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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- 5.5 miAbingdon (Oxford Office)RTPI
- 5.5 miShippon
- 12.0 miChestertonRTPIRICS Regulated
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