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Electricity Substation On The South Side Of Watlington Road Cowley Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 6NB

26/00093/CPUCertificate of Proposed UseAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application to certify that the proposed erection of a new GIS hall building measuring to accommodate 13 no. gas insulated high voltage switchgear, with provision for a further 4 no. future units with associated ancillary storage for spares, components and tools required for inspection, maintenance and statutory compliance as part of the electricity undertaking is lawful development.

Received
13 January 2026
Decision due
10 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackbird Leys Ward
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Mar
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Electricity Substation On The South Side Of Watlington Road Cowley Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 6NB. Oxford has handled 1,139 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Blackbird Leys Ward. We hold 1,718 applications in total for the OX4 postcode area.

80% of outline applications at Oxford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX4 6NB
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackbird Leys Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Assystem Energy & Infrastructure Ltd 5th Floor, 17 Slingsby Place The Yards Covent Garden London WC2E 9AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14611003
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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