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The Hirsell Field Assarts Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NQ

25/02199/HHDHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 4 November 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of PV solar panels to South and West roof slopes

Received
24 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brize Norton and Shilton
Agent
Spirit Solar Ltd t/a Spirit Energy
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at The Hirsell Field Assarts Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9NQ. West Oxfordshire has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Brize Norton and Shilton. 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 9NQ
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Asthal

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Last date for comments
23 October 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14309333
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Oxfordshire

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