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Cowley Substation Blackberry Lane near Sandford OX44 9BD

Decided South Oxfordshire P19/S0623/FUL Major (Full Application)

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Construction and operation of a 49.9MW battery storage facility, access road and hard surfacing; and a habitat management area on land to the South of the existing Cowley substation. As clarified by Applicant's email dated 3 April 2019 and as further clarified and amended by Botanical Report, Habitat Management Plan, Updated Net Gain Assessment accompanying Agent's letter dated 29 May 2019 and Agent's letter dated 15 July 2019.

As published by the council, reference P19/S0623/FUL

Application record

Reference
P19/S0623/FUL
Type
Major (Full Application)
Status
Permitted
Decision
Planning Permission
Received
25 Feb 2019
Validated
26 Feb 2019
Decided
19 Jul 2019
Postcode
OX44 9BD

Site history

Applications at this address on the South Oxfordshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2019.

  • P19/S2260/SCR Decided

    Cowley Substation Blackberry Lane near Sandford OX44 9BD

    Screening opinion in connection with application P19/S0623/FUL (Construction and operation of a 49.9MW battery storage facility, access road and hard surfacing; and a habitat management area on land to the South of the existing Cowley substation).

    Decided 18 Jul 2019 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Feb 2019

    Received by South Oxfordshire

  2. 26 Feb 2019

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Jul 2019

    Decision issued: Planning Permission

  4. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • P19/S3045/DIS Decided

    Cowley Main Sub Station Lower Blackberry Lane Garsington OX44 9BD

    Discharge of conditions 5 - construction environmental management plan, 6 - submission of revised woodland management plan and 7 - construction traffic management plan on application ref. P19/S0623/FUL Construction and operation of a 49.9MW battery storage facility, access road and hard surfacing; and a habitat management area on land to the South of the existing Cowley substation. As clarified by Applicant's email dated 3 April 2019 and as further clarified and amended by Botanical Report, Habitat Management Plan, Updated Net Gain Assessment accompanying Agent's letter dated 29 May 2019 and Agent's letter dated 15 July 2019.

    Decided 31 Oct 2019 Conditions
  • P19/S2260/SCR Decided

    Cowley Substation Blackberry Lane near Sandford OX44 9BD

    Screening opinion in connection with application P19/S0623/FUL (Construction and operation of a 49.9MW battery storage facility, access road and hard surfacing; and a habitat management area on land to the South of the existing Cowley substation).

    Decided 18 Jul 2019 Outline

Documents

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