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Land At Watlington Road Cowley Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 7UB

Awaiting decision Oxford 25/03223/FUL Full Application

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.

  • 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.

    Decided 23 Sep 2026
  • 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.

    Decided 18 Nov 2025 Telecoms

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Nov 2025

    Received by Oxford

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 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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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Oxford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Oxford decided full applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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  • Street Record Watlington Road Cowley Oxford Oxfordshire

    25/03072/SCREEN Submitted 14 Nov 2025 50 yards away

    PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION. THIS IS FOR CONSULTATION PURPOSES ONLY. The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulation 2017 (as amended) - Proposed high voltage cable to be installed between a permitted solar farm facility at Burcot Farm in South Oxfordshire (South Oxfordshire LPA ref: P23/S4132/FUL) and Cowley Local Substation in Oxford.

    Decided Outline 16 docs
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    Received 5 Aug, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Full applications