Great Leys Farm, Leys Barn, Lower Road, Garsington, Oxford, OX44 9BE Data via plota.co.uk

P25/S3614/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of an underground high voltage cable to support permitted solar development (Local Planning Authority Ref: ). (As amplified by information received 10 February 2026. As amended by information received 18 March 2026.) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Nov 2025
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Approved
29 Jun 2026

Approved on 29 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

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Associated applications 7

Site constraints 4

Green belt: Oxford
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Other new applications on this street

14 Oct 2026Pending

Great Leys Farm, Lower Road, Garsington, Oxford, OX44 9BE

Discharge of condition(s) 3 (CEMP: Biodiversity), 4 (LEMP), 5 (Tree protection d...

P26/S4737/DIS

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Great Leys Farm, Lower Road, Garsington, Oxford, OX44 9BE

Discharge of condition(s) 3 (CEMP: Biodiversity), 4 (LEMP), 5 (Tree protection d...

P26/S4737/DIS
2 Oct 2026Pending

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Alterations and extension to Juniper House

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Important details

Council
South Oxfordshire
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
OX44 9BE
Received
14 Nov 2025
Validated
14 Nov 2025
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Jun 2026
Decision
Planning Permission is Granted
Decision date
29 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Ethical Power Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 227 days from validation, 148 days slower than South Oxfordshire's median of 79 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

33%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by South Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Oxfordshire decision record →

Public comments

2comments received
2 neutral

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
20 Nov 2025
Comments by
24 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
30 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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South Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.6/10
Good
#39 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #89 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Oxfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #47 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #23 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #89 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #105 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
163 decided (1-9 homes)
56%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,529
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings