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Tolkien Cottage, Townsend, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SJ

P25/V2616/LDPOther DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 21 January 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawful Use or Development is Granted

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

Proposal

Erection of solar panels on existing roof slope.

Received
3 December 2025
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Tolkien Cottage, Townsend, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SJ. Vale of White Horse has handled 382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,447 applications in total for the OX11 postcode area.

96% of other development applications at Vale of White Horse District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX11 0SJ
Application type
Other Development

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
JAMES BASEY ARCHITECTS LTD

Planning decision

Case officer
Rachel Brown

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Listed building: Grade II: Chilton HouseOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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.

Source: Vale of White Horse

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