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

P26/S0920/S73Variation or Removal of Planning ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 August 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission is GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved plans), 5 (Levels), 6 (Construction Environmental Management Plan for Biodiversity), 7 (Landscaping), 8 (Tree protection and Arboricultural Method Statement), 9 (Surface water drainage) and 10 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) and updated Biodiversity Net Gain strategy on planning application P24/S3405/FUL (Proposed development of a Battery Storage Energy System (BESS) including ancillary works and access arrangements).

Received
24 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Agent
Renplan Ltd
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 156 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Land adjacent to Cowley Substation, off Blackberry Lane, near Greater Leys, OX44 9NG. South Oxfordshire has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 14 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Toot Baldon conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,012 applications in total for the OX44 postcode area.

91% of conditions 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
Variation or Removal of Planning Condition
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
12 August 2026
Consultation start
12 May 2026
Consultation end
12 August 2026
Target decision date
23 June 2026
Application expires
31 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Renplan Ltd
Architect profile
RENPLAN LTD

Planning decision

Case officer
Emma Bowerman
Statutory period
160 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
48

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Toot Baldon Conservation Area
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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
    24 Mar

    Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved plans), 5 (Levels), 6 (Construction Environmental Management Plan for…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P26/S0920/S73
  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…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart ofP24/S3405/FUL

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