Downs Farm Westwell Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4JY

24/01597/PN56Prior Notification 56 DaysApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 August 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of 90kWp Solar panels on existing roofs at the site.

Received: 19 June 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Oxfordshire District Council
Ward: Alvescot and Filkins

ReceivedReceived19 Jun
ValidatedValidated19 Jun
Consult.Consultation18 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided13 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Downs Farm Westwell Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4JY. West Oxfordshire has handled 480 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Alvescot and Filkins. We hold 999 applications in total for the OX18 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: OX18 4JY
Application type: Prior Notification 56 Days
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Westwell

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 June 2024
Last date for comments: 18 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mypower
Agent address: Quercus House Orchard Industrial Estate Toddington Glos GL54 5EB

Additional information

Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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© 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.

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Source: West Oxfordshire

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