Planning application
Land At Watlington Road Cowley Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 7UB
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of an underground high voltage cable to support solar farm (South Oxfordshire Reference P23/S4132/FUL)
As published by the council, reference 25/03223/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/03223/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 14 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 15 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Blackbird Leys Ward
- Parish
- Blackbird Leys Parish Council
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- OX4 7UB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Oxford register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02278/PDT Decided
Land At Watlington Road Cowley Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 7UB
Installation comprising replacement of the existing 20.00m streetworks pole with a 20.00m Hutchison M-Range Street Works Pole. Removal of existing 6no. antennas to be replaced with proposed 6no. antennas and 1no. 300mm dish and internal upgrade of associated ancillary equipment at ground level.
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25/02995/PDT Granted
Land At Watlington Road Cowley Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 7UB
Upgrade of an existing telecommunications base station comprising the replacement of 20m pole and installation of 6no. antennas, together with internal upgrades to existing cabinet and ancillary works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Nov 2025
Received by Oxford
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15 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 February 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Oxford took a median of 47 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
25 documents on file for this application
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