Land to south and west of Postcombe Oxfordshire
Approved on 26 July 2022
Council decision: EIA required
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Proposal
Request for an EIA Screening Opinion in relation to proposed solar array
- Received
- 30 June 2022
- ReceivedReceived30 Jun
- ValidatedValidated30 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date21 Jul
- DecidedDecided26 Jul
Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land to south and west of Postcombe Oxfordshire. South Oxfordshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
84% of outline 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
- Other (Screening Opinion)
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 June 2022
- Target decision date
- 21 July 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Appeal
- Appeal status
- No appeal lodged.
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 (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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: South Oxfordshire
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