University Farm Witney Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UH
Refused on 4 December 2023
Council decision: RefusePlanning committee
Proposal
Installation and operation of a renewable energy generating station comprising ground-mounted photovoltaic solar arrays and battery-based electricity storage containers together with a switchgear container, inverter/transformer units, Site access, internal access tracks, security measures, access gates, other ancillary infrastructure and landscaping and biodiversity enhancements
- Received
- 2 June 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield
- Agent
- DWD Property and Planning
- ReceivedReceived2 Jun
- ValidatedValidated2 Jun
- Consult.Consultation31 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided4 Dec
Decided in 185 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at University Farm Witney Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UH. West Oxfordshire has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 185 days, 19 weeks longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield. We hold 2,026 applications in total for the OX29 postcode area.
95% of full applications at West Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- OX29 9UH
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hailey
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 31 October 2023
- Committee meeting
- 4 December 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DWD Property and Planning
- Agent address
- 6 New Bridge Street London EC4V 6AB
Additional information
- Documents
- 77
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20269 Jan
Variation of conditions 7 (site access) and 13 (Construction Traffic Management Plan)of planning permission…
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/00050/S73 - 202524 Dec
Screening Opinion (Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for proposed solar farm and Battery Stations…
ApprovedScreening Opinion26/00003/SCREEN - 202426 Jun
Installation and operation of a renewable energy generating station comprising ground-mounted photovoltaic…
ApprovedFull Application24/01565/FUL
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