Application registered
Consultation
period
Application under consideration
Decision
made
Description
Installation of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic array, co-located battery energy storage scheme (BES) together with associated infrastructure; security fencing; CCTV; access gate; on-site Biodiversity Net Gain at Burcot Farm, Burcot, Oxfordshire, OX14 3GW.
Location
Burcot Farm Burcot OX14 3GW
Grid Reference
455534/196742
Applicant
Burcot Solar Farm Limited
2 Waterside Park
Swindon
SN2 2PN
Agent
Public Power Solutions
2 Waterside Park
Swindon
SN2 2PN
Constraints
Nuneham Courtenay Conservation Area
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 South Oxfordshire District Committee
12 10 2022
Clifton Hampden Parish Council
c/o Mrs A Davies
6 Greystones Court
Kidlington
Oxon
OX5 1AR
28 04 2022
Conservation Officer (South and Vale)
06 10 2022
Countryside Officer (South and Vale)
30 11 2022
Forestry Officer (South and Vale)
29 09 2022
Historic England (South East)
20 10 2022
Landscape Architect (South and Vale)
17 10 2022
Nuneham Courtenay Parish Council
C/O John Peters
21 Nuneham Courtenay
Nuneham Courtenay
Oxfordshire
Oxford Preservation Trust
10 10 2022
Oxfordshire County Council - Single Response
17 10 2022
SGN Plant Protection Team
17 03 2022
Thames Water Development Control
29 09 2022
Chestnut Cottage
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DJ
13 10 2022
5 Riverside House
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3BY
12 10 2022
7 Riverside House
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3BY
12 10 2022
Chestnut Cottage
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DJ
12 10 2022
Chestnut Cottage
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DJ
12 10 2022
1 Croft Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DG
11 10 2022
Chestnut Cottage
Burcot
OX14 3DJ
11 10 2022
Willow Cottage
Watery Lane
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EL
11 10 2022
10 Riverside House
Burcot
OX14 3BY
10 10 2022
Burcot Tower
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DJ
10 10 2022
Orchard Stables
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DQ
10 10 2022
DUPLICATE ERROR
consulted by email
09 10 2022
7 Waterside Villas
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3BZ
08 10 2022
2 Croft Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DG
05 10 2022
1 Croft Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DG
29 09 2022
Barn River
Oxford Road
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EW
29 09 2022
13 Burcot Farm Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DL
06 05 2022
Fullamoor Farm House
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3DD
28 04 2022
Lower Town Farm House
High Street
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EQ
26 04 2022
Tanglewood
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DJ
26 04 2022
18 Balfour Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DR
22 04 2022
7 Bridge End
Dorchester-On-Thames
Wallingford
OX10 7JR
15 04 2022
Bannisters
Middle Street
Islip
Kidlington
Oxon
SF OX5 2
15 04 2022
Cromlech
Oxford Road
Clifton Hampden
OX14 3EW
14 04 2022
1 Rough Lodge Cottages
Nuneham Park
Nuneham Courtenay
Oxford
OX44 9PN
13 04 2022
14 Burcot Farm Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DL
12 10 2022
15 Long Lane
Oxford
OX4 3TN
13 04 2022
2 Burcot Park
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DH
09 10 2022
36 Papist Way
Cholsey
Wallingford
OX10 9QH
13 04 2022
4 Burcot Park
Abingdon
Oxon
OX14 3DH
13 04 2022
46 Slade Road
Didcot
OX11 7AT
13 04 2022
7 Balfour Cottages
Burcot
OX14 3DR
12 10 2022
8 Courtiers Green
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EN
13 04 2022
8 Courtiers Green
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3E
13 04 2022
8 Courtiers Green
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EN
13 04 2022
8 Courtiers Green
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EN
12 10 2022
8 Courtiers Green
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EN
12 10 2022
8 Waterside Villas
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3BZ
13 04 2022
Cedar Gables
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DJ
13 04 2022
Glebe Barn
Brightwell Baldwin
Watlington
OX49 5NP
13 04 2022
Hampden Cottage
Abingdon Road
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EG
13 04 2022
Northfield
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DJ
13 04 2022
Rook Barn
20 The Green
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9DF
13 04 2022
Sundial Cottage
Watery Lane
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EL
13 04 2022
Tinel House
Priory Lane, off Park Street
Charlbury
Oxfordshire
OX7 3PT
13 04 2022
Withywindle
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DN
13 04 2022
1 Waterside Villas
Burcot
OX14 3BZ
12 04 2022
11 Burcot Farm Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DL
12 04 2022
11 Burcot Park
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DH
12 04 2022
1b Oxford Road
Dorchester-On-Thames
Wallingford
OX10 7LX
12 04 2022
203 Campbell Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 3NS
12 04 2022
38 The Cedars
Benson
Wallingford
OX10 6LL
12 04 2022
4 Croft Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DG
12 04 2022
6 Balfour Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DR
12 04 2022
67 Churchill Road
Didcot
OX11 7BU
12 04 2022
94 Frenchay Road
Oxford
OX2 6TF
12 04 2022
95 Abingdon Road
Dorchester-On-Thames
Wallingford
OX10 7LB
12 04 2022
Burcot Tower
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DJ
12 04 2022
Byfields
13 Watling Lane
Dorchester-On-Thames
Wallingford
OX10 7JG
12 04 2022
Clifton Heath Cottage
Nuneham Park
Nuneham Courtenay
Oxford
OX44 9PW
12 04 2022
Clifton Heath Cottage
Nuneham Park
Nuneham Courtenay
Oxford
OX44 9PW
12 04 2022
Laurel Cottage
High Street
Long Wittenham
Abingdon
OX14 4QQ
12 04 2022
Marshfield
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DN
12 04 2022
The Thatched Cottage
Abingdon Road
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EG
12 04 2022
Whitegate House
11 The Limes
Dorchester-On-Thames
Wallingford
OX10 7LL
12 04 2022
Woodfield House
Oxford Road
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EW
12 04 2022
1 Waterside Villas
Burcot
OX14 3BZ
11 04 2022
3 Riverside House
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3BY
11 04 2022
4 Croft Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DG
11 04 2022
5 Waterside Villas
Burcot
OX14 3BZ
10 10 2022
54 Rosamund Road
Wolvercote
Oxford
Oxon
OX2 8NX
11 04 2022
Ashbourne House
Oxford Road
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EW
11 04 2022
Burcot Tower
Burcot
OX14 3DJ
11 04 2022
Kara
Watery Lane
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EJ
11 04 2022
Marsh Cottage
Marsh Road
Leonard Stanley
Gloucestershire
GL10 3NG
11 04 2022
Mulberry Cottage
Oxford Road
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EW
11 04 2022
Nurses Cottage
High Street
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EQ
11 04 2022
11 Fieldside
Long Wittenham
Abingdon
OX14 4QB
10 04 2022
3 Burcot Park
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DH
07 04 2022
Raggalds
Nuneham Courtenay
Oxford
OX44 9PP
07 04 2022
Cader
2 The Limes
Dorchester-On-Thames
Wallingford
OX10 7LL
06 04 2022
Rustlings
Watery Lane
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EJ
04 04 2022
6 Balfour Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DR
02 04 2022
11 Burcot Farm Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DL
12 Burcot Farm Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DL
2 Rough Lodge Cottages
Nuneham Park
Nuneham Courtenay
Oxford
OX44 9PN
3 Croft Cottages
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DG
Burcot Farm House
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DL
Old Farmhouse
Burcot
Abingdon
OX14 3DL
Application Type
Major
(Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received
10th March 2022
Registration Date
10th March 2022
Start Consultation Period
17th March 2022
End Consultation Period
12th October 2022
Target Decision Date
14th October 2022
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 6th December 2022
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The development is inappropriate development that would be harmful to the openness of the Green Belt and would conflict with the stated purposes of the Green Belt, particularly in respect of preventing neighbouring towns merging into one another and in assisting in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment. The application does not satisfy the requirements for very special circumstances as set out by the NPPF. As such the application is contrary to Policies STRAT6 and DES9 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035 and to paragraphs 147 and 148 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
The application fails to satisfy the requirements of national policy and guidance to demonstrate that all of the agricultural land within the site is necessary for the siting of the proposed solar arrays, and that poorer quality land could not be used in preference to higher quality land. The loss of Best and Most Versatile land throughout the lifetime of the proposed development (40 years) has not been justified by compelling evidence in accordance with a written ministerial statement of 25 March 2015 concerning the unjustified use of agricultural land, which is reflected in policy DES7 of the South Oxfordshire Local plan 2035 and the NPPF.
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