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Land adjacent to Cowley Substation, off Blackberry Lane, near Greater Leys, OX44 9NG

P24/S3405/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 July 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission is Granted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed development of a Battery Storage Energy System (BESS) including ancillary works and access arrangements (As updated by amended plans and additional information received 31 March 2025).

Submitted
25 October 2024
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 265 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land adjacent to Cowley Substation, off Blackberry Lane, near Greater Leys, OX44 9NG. South Oxfordshire has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 265 days, 30 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,012 applications in total for the OX44 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
OX44 9NG
Application type
Full Application

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: South Oxfordshire

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.

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  1. 2026
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  2. 2024
    5 Nov

    Screening opinion for application P24/S3405/FUL

    ApprovedScreening OpinionRelatedP24/S3539/SCR
  3. 2024
    25 Oct

    Proposed development of a Battery Storage Energy System (BESS) including ancillary works and access…

    This applicationApprovedFull ApplicationP24/S3405/FUL

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