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University Farm Witney Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UH

26/00003/SCREENScreening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Screening Opinion (Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for proposed solar farm and Battery Stations together with all associated works, equipment and necessary infrastructure at University Farm, Hailey Witney OX29 9UH

Received
24 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at University Farm Witney Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UH. West Oxfordshire has handled 480 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield. 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 9UH
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hailey

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2025
Last date for comments
29 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
DWD
Agent address
69 Carter Lane London EC4V 5EQ

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Hailey Conservation AreaPart of the site · +1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: 21 to 25, Bridge Street and attached outbuildingOn or next to this site · +43 more
  • Brownfield land register: 7 Bridge Street Mills Industrial Estate Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1YHRegister 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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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