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Cowley Substation Blackberry Lane near Sandford OX44 9BD

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

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

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
Granted As published: 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: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 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 Granted

    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

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

53 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

South Oxfordshire granted permission on 19 July 2019, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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