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Dodwells Solar Farm, Land north of the A40, near Milton Common

P21/S3915/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 August 2023

Council decision: Planning Permission is Granted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation and operation of a Solar Farm together with all associated works, equipment and necessary infrastructure (as amended & amplified by information received 8 July 2022, 21 December 2022, 28 February 2023, 28 April 2023 and 27 June 2023).

Submitted
23 September 2021
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Aug

Decided in 699 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Dodwells Solar Farm, Land north of the A40, near Milton Common. South Oxfordshire has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 699 days, 92 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

93% of full applications at South Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    20 Mar

    Discharge of conditions 10(Landscaping Scheme and Implementation), 11(Landscape and Biodiversity Management…

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsP26/S0893/DIS
  2. 2025
    13 Aug

    Non material amendment on application ref. P21/S3915/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP25/S2588/NM
  3. 2021
    23 Sep

    Installation and operation of a Solar Farm together with all associated works, equipment and necessary…

    This applicationApprovedFull ApplicationP21/S3915/FUL

Source: South Oxfordshire

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