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Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)- Land South Of The A40, Witney Bypass Stanton Harcourt Road Witney Oxfordshire

25/00789/SCREENScreening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 June 2025

Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion request for battery energy storage system (BESS)- Land South Of The A40, Witney Bypass

Received
25 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eynsham and Cassington
Agent
Sustainability Unlimited LLP
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 73 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)- Land South Of The A40, Witney Bypass Stanton Harcourt Road Witney Oxfordshire. West Oxfordshire has handled 480 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Witney and Cogges conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Eynsham and Cassington.

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

Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
South Leigh And High Cogges

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2025
Last date for comments
24 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sustainability Unlimited LLP
Agent address
Third Floor, Suite 2 Ink Building 24 Douglas Street Glasgow G2 7NQ

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Witney And Cogges Conservation Area
  • 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 (22)

flood storage 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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