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Storage Building South Fawley Farm South Fawley Wantage OX12 9NL

23/02977/PASOLPrior Approval for Solar PVApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 February 2024

Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed solar panels that would not protrude more than 0.2m beyond the plane of the roof slope and will not be installed within 1m of the external edge of the roof.

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downlands
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated4 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Jan
  4. Target29 Feb
  5. Decided29 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Storage Building South Fawley Farm South Fawley Wantage OX12 9NL. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Downlands. We hold 2,597 applications in total for the OX12 postcode area.

81% of outline applications at West Berkshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX12 9NL
Application type
Prior Approval for Solar PV
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fawley Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 January 2024
Consultation expiry
19 February 2024
Consultation end
17 January 2024
Last date for comments
19 February 2024
Target decision date
29 February 2024
Permission expires
28 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs Emma Hughes Unit 6B, The Old Dairy Fonthill Bishop Salisbury Wiltshire SP3 5SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 January 2024
Site notice end
19 February 2024

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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: West Berkshire

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