The Old Rectory 30 Enstone Road Westcote Barton Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AA
Approved on 8 May 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (Installation of roof mounted solar photovoltaic panels)
- Received
- 15 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- The Bartons
- Agent
- Ecosunpower Ltd
- ReceivedReceived15 Apr
- ValidatedValidated15 Apr
- Consult.Consultation7 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at The Old Rectory 30 Enstone Road Westcote Barton Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 7AA. West Oxfordshire has handled 480 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across The Bartons. We hold 2,724 applications in total for the OX7 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
- OX7 7AA
- Application type
- Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westcot Barton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 7 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ecosunpower Ltd
- Agent address
- 27A High Street Chipping Norton OX7 5AD United Kingdom
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14574338
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: The Bartons 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.
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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.
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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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202630 Sep
T1.Leyland- Reduce height by 10m. T2.Dead Beech-Fell to ground level. T3.Leyland- Reduce height by 8m and…
PendingApplication26/02369/TCA - 202514 Jul
T1. Horse Chestnut- Fell to ground level. T2. Ash- Fell stem to 1m from union. T3. Ash- Fell to ground level…
ApprovedWorks to a tree in a Conservation Area25/01700/TCA
Source: West Oxfordshire
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