Akeman Street Farm Akeman Street Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8EW

25/01366/PN56Prior Notification 56 DaysApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 July 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of external solar/PV panels onto the South facing slope of two existing refrigerated potato storage buildings.

Received: 4 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Oxfordshire District Council
Ward: Stonesfield and Tackley
Agent: Hextall Twiddy Limited

ReceivedReceived4 Jun
ValidatedValidated4 Jun
Consult.Consultation3 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided22 Jul

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Akeman Street Farm Akeman Street Combe Witney Oxfordshire OX29 8EW. West Oxfordshire has handled 480 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Stonesfield and Tackley. We hold 2,026 applications in total for the OX29 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: OX29 8EW
Application type: Prior Notification 56 Days
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Combe

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 June 2025
Last date for comments: 3 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Hextall Twiddy Limited
Agent address: The Old Barn Ball Lane Tackley Oxon OX5 3AG

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14039182
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
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, 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, 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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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.

Source: West Oxfordshire

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