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Burcot Farm, Burcot, OX14 3GW

P23/S4132/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 28 February 2024

Council decision: Refusal of Planning Permission

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic array, co-located battery energy storage scheme (BES) together with associated infrastructure; security fencing; CCTV; access gate; on-site biodiversity net gain.

Submitted
4 December 2023
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Burcot Farm, Burcot, OX14 3GW. South Oxfordshire has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,985 applications in total for the OX14 postcode area.

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

Postcode
OX14 3GW
Application type
Full Application

Appeal history

3350890
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: InquiryDecision: 4 March 2025Dev Type: Other Major DevelopmentsReason: Refusal

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: South Oxfordshire
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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
    4 Nov

    Discharge of condition 12 (Skylark Mitigation Strategy) on application ref. P23/S4132/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditionsP26/S5185/DIS
  2. 2026
    21 Oct

    Discharge of Condition 7 (Written Scheme) & Condition 13 (Watercourse Crossing) of Planning Permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP26/S4896/DIS
  3. 2026
    6 Mar

    Non Material Amendment to application ref P23/S4132/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP26/S0708/NM
  4. 2025
    17 Nov

    8.4KM Cable route to be installed between Solar Farm at Burcot Farm and Cowley Local Substation, Oxfordshire…

    ApprovedOther (Screening Opinion)RelatedP25/S3618/SCR
  5. 2023
    4 Dec

    Installation of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic array, co-located battery energy storage scheme (BES)…

    This applicationRefusedFull ApplicationP23/S4132/FUL

Source: South Oxfordshire

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