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Witney Community Hospital Welch Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6JJ

23/02479/PN56Prior Notification 56 DaysApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 November 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 360 no' 425W solar PV panels onto the existing roofs

Received
14 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Witney Central
Agent
Spirit Solar Ltd t/a Spirit Energy
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.19 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Witney Community Hospital Welch Way Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6JJ. West Oxfordshire has handled 480 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Witney Central. We hold 1,460 applications in total for the OX28 postcode area.

83% of outline 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
OX28 6JJ
Application type
Prior Notification 56 Days
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Witney

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2023
Last date for comments
19 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Spirit Solar Ltd t/a Spirit Energy
Agent address
Spirit House 25 Albury Close Reading RG30 1BD

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12458831
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Woodford Way Car Park, Woodford Way, WitneyRegister site at or near this address

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

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Source: West Oxfordshire

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