Application registered
Consultation
period
Application under consideration
Decision
made
Description
Erection of a solar farm and associated infrastructure for connection to the local electricity distribution network including security fencing, ecological and landscaping measures, and temporary erection of compound. (As amended by documentation accompanying email from agent dated 29th August 2014 and as amended by plans accompanying Agents letter dated 09/12/14)
Location
Land to the east of Windmill Road Towersey OX9 3QH
Grid Reference
473633/205988
Applicant
Mr M Rogers
Big60Million Ltd
Thorney Weir House
Iver
SL0 9AQ
Agent
Luminous Energy Ltd
The Old Bakehouse
21 Timber Street
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 3BS
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.
Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.
Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
CPRE (Thame/Bullingdon Area)
23 12 2014
Countryside Officer(South Oxfordshire & Vale of White Horse)
20 08 2014
Environment Agency (Lesley Tims & Cathy Harrison)
26 09 2014
Landscape Architect - SODC
19 12 2014
Oxfordshire County Council Footpaths
08 12 2014
Oxfordshire County Council One Voice
21 11 2014
Thame Town Council
c/o Ms Helen Stewart
Town Hall
High Street
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3DP
07 01 2015
Towersey Parish Council
c/o Mrs J Wills
Lime House
Church Road
Oxon
OX39 4QL
11 12 2014
Flint House
Windmill Road
Towersey
OX9 3QH
02 02 2015
29 Windmill Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QQ
07 01 2015
Manor Farm, Chinnor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QY
20 12 2014
Bridle Path Cottage
Lower Green
Towersey
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 3QP
19 12 2014
The Brook House, Lower Green
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QP
19 12 2014
Linby, Lower Green
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QP
18 12 2014
The Brook House
Lower Green
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QP
18 12 2014
Lower Green Farm
Lower Green
Towersey
Thame
OX9 3QP
17 12 2014
The Walnuts, Manor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QR
17 12 2014
Church Farm, Lower Green
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QP
16 12 2014
Clarendon House, Chinnor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QY
15 12 2014
Grange Farm, Manor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QU
15 12 2014
Black Horse Cottage, Manor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QR
14 12 2014
Oakwood House, Chinnor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QY
14 12 2014
Walnuts Cottage
Manor Road
Towersey
Thame
Oxon
OX93QR
14 12 2014
'Home Close'
Thame Road
Towersey
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 3QG
13 12 2014
Palmyria, Manor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QR
13 12 2014
Pogles Wood, Manor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QR
13 12 2014
33 Windmill Road, Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QQ
11 12 2014
Cuttlebrook Farm
Manor Road
Towersey
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 3QU
11 12 2014
Pogles Wood
Manor Road
Towersey
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3QR
11 12 2014
Chough Cottage, Lower Green
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QW
10 12 2014
Field View House, Chinnor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QY
10 12 2014
Whitegate
Manor Road
Towersey
Thame
Oxon
OX9 3QR
09 12 2014
Home Farm, Manor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QS
19 11 2014
Rose Cottage, Chinnor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QY
14 11 2014
c/o Jeffery Charles Emmett
Stable Court Studio
12A Bell Lane
Thame
OX9 3AL
14 11 2014
Cuttlebrook farm
Manor Road
Towersey
Oxfordshire
OX9 3QU
13 11 2014
Field View House, Chinnor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QY
13 11 2014
Grassy Bank, Manor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QS
13 11 2014
The Flint House
Windmill Road
THAME
OX9 3QH
13 11 2014
Deans Farm, Chinnor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QY
12 11 2014
Deans Farm
Chinnor Road
Towersey
OXfordshire
OX93QY
11 11 2014
The Stables, Home Farm
Manor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QS
11 11 2014
61
Crondall lane
Farnham
Surrey
Gu97DG
11 10 2014
7 Windmill Road,
Towersey
Thame
Oxon
OX9 3QQ
03 09 2014
The Paddock
Lower Green
Towersey
THAME
Oxon,
OX9 3QQ
03 09 2014
Laurel Cottage, Chinnor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QY
02 09 2014
New Cottage, Manor Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QS
26 08 2014
Bridle Cottage
Lower Green
Towersey
Thame
Oxon
OX93QP
20 08 2014
Windmill Meadow
Windmill Road
Towersey
THAME
07 08 2014
whitegate
manor road
towersey
near thame
oxon
ox9 3qr
31 07 2014
11 windmill road
towersey
thame
oxon
ox9 3qq
30 07 2014
Willow Cottage
Chinnor Road
Towersey
Thame
Oxon
OX9 3QY
29 07 2014
Court Close
Windmill Road
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QQ
Oak Cottage
Lower Green
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QW
Owl Penn
Lower Green
Towersey
THAME
OX9 3QP
Stonepits Bungalow
Windmill Road
Towersey
Thame
OX9 3QH
c/o Mr and Mrs C Baker
Dove House Farm
Kingsley
HP17 8LY
Application Type
Major
(Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received
14th July 2014
Registration Date
17th July 2014
Start Consultation Period
17th July 2014
End Consultation Period
3rd September 2014
Target Decision Date
13th February 2015
Target Committee Meeting
11th February 2015
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 13th February 2015
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The proposed solar farm would create an incongruous feature in the landscape and would result in an undesirable intrusion into an isolated rural locality to the detriment of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area. As such, the proposal is contrary to policies CSQ1, CSQ3 and CSEN1 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy, policies G2, G4 and C4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011 and government guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework and accompanying Planning Practice Guidance.
That the proposal would result in the loss of agricultural land, specifically an area of higher grades 2 and 3a land, and would remove the land from agricultural productivity. This would be contrary to government guidance to avoid locating solar farms on high quality agricultural land.
Appeal
Appeal Allowed on 29 October 2015
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