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University Farm Witney Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UH

Refused West Oxfordshire 23/01524/FUL Full Application

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Installation and operation of a renewable energy generating station comprising ground-mounted photovoltaic solar arrays and battery-based electricity storage containers together with a switchgear container, inverter/transformer units, Site access, internal access tracks, security measures, access gates, other ancillary infrastructure and landscaping and biodiversity enhancements

As published by the council, reference 23/01524/FUL

Application record

Reference
23/01524/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
2 Jun 2023
Validated
2 Jun 2023
Decided
4 Dec 2023
Ward
Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield
Parish
Hailey
Decision by
Committee
Postcode
OX29 9UH

Site history

Applications at this address on the West Oxfordshire register

This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • 26/00050/S73 Awaiting decision

    University Farm Witney Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UH

    Variation of conditions 7 (site access) and 13 (Construction Traffic Management Plan)of planning permission 24/01565/FUL to allow amendments to the construction route and access.

    Submitted 9 Jan 2026 Amendments
  • 26/00003/SCREEN Decided

    University Farm Witney Road Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UH

    Screening Opinion (Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for proposed solar farm and Battery Stations together with all associated works, equipment and necessary infrastructure at University Farm, Hailey Witney OX29 9UH

    Decided 30 Jan 2026 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Jun 2023

    Received by West Oxfordshire

  2. 4 Dec 2023

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 2 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

DWD Property and Planning Limited Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Helsby

Active · incorporated 2023 · Helsby

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Documents

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

77 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

West Oxfordshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

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