Application registered
Consultation
period
Application under consideration
Decision
made
Description
Development of an Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and associated site access, landscaping, and ancillary cabling works for grid connection.(as amended by information received 19 February 2025 and amplified by additional information received 24 February 2025 and additional information received 24 April 2025. As amplified by additional information received 12 May 2025. As amended by information received 06 June 2025)
Location
Land off Lower Road Garsington OX44 9BN
Grid Reference
457359/201589
Applicant
Net Zero Twenty One Ltd
c/o agent
2 Lockside Office Park
Lockside Road
Preston
PR2 2YS
Agent
PWA Planning
2 Lockside Office Park
Lockside Road
Preston
PR2 2YS
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.
Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.
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Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
Scanned Response
Active Travel England - DM Team
28 11 2024
CPRE South Oxfordshire District Committee
03 01 2025
Designing Out Crime Officer
Ecology Team (South and Vale)
17 06 2025
Forestry Officer (South and Vale)
25 06 2025
Garsington Parish Council
c/o Elaine Smaill - Parish Clerk
OX44 9DL
12 12 2024
Heritage Officer (South and Vale)
18 06 2025
Landscape Architect (South and Vale)
17 06 2025
National Grid Plant Protection
Oxford Preservation Trust
11 12 2024
Oxfordshire County Council - Single Response
25 06 2025
Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue Service HQ
SGN Plant Protection Team
26 11 2024
Sandford-on-Thames Parish Council
c/o Anthony Hull
21 Janaway
Littlemore
OXFORD
OX4 4SY
Toot Baldon Parish Council
c/o Catherine Morgan
Owls Barn
Toot Baldon
OX44 9NG
19 06 2025
44 The Green
Marsh Baldon
Oxford
OX44 9LP
17 06 2025
13 Elton Crescent
Wheatley
Oxford
OX33 1UZ
17 03 2025
26 Swan Gardens
Tetsworth
Thame
OX9 7BN
14 03 2025
Tintagel
4 London Road
Postcombe
Thame
OX9 7ED
13 03 2025
17 The Glebe
Culham
Abingdon
OX14 4ND
12 03 2025
28 The Avenue
Wheatley
Oxford
OX33 1YL
11 03 2025
10 Centre Rise
Horspath
Oxford
OX33 1TL
07 03 2025
Hampden Lodge
Little Haseley
Oxford
OX44 7LL
06 03 2025
56 Wey Road
Berinsfield
Wallingford
OX10 7PS
05 03 2025
The Queens Cottage
5
Toot Baldon
Oxford
OX44 9NG
05 03 2025
1 Kennels Cottage
The Green
Stadhampton
Oxford
OX44 7UB
04 03 2025
1 Cotswold Crescent
Oxford
OX3 0SG
03 03 2025
84 London Road
Wheatley
Oxford
OX33 1YQ
28 02 2025
98 Stanford House Armstrong Road
Littlemore
OX4 4RL
27 02 2025
27 Lodden Avenue
Berinsfield
Wallingford
OX10 7PY
26 02 2025
124 Southend
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9DL
25 02 2025
Vine Cottage
21 High Street
Clifton Hampden
Abingdon
OX14 3EQ
24 02 2025
38 Ock Drive
Berinsfield
Wallingford
OX10 7PR
21 02 2025
Cherry Orchard
Holton
Oxford
OX33 1PZ
19 02 2025
1 Old London Road
Wheatley
Oxford
OX33 1YW
17 02 2025
Sherrards
Main Street
Forest Hill
Oxford
OX33 1DY
14 02 2025
Vent Farm House
Wheatley Road
Forest Hill
Oxford
OX33 1EH
13 02 2025
7 Simons Close
Wheatley
Oxford
OX33 1SU
12 02 2025
9 Station Yard
Tiddington
Thame
OX9 2FG
11 02 2025
The Old Chapel
Combe
OX29 8NQ
10 02 2025
7 Oxen Piece
Great Milton
Oxford
OX44 7PL
06 02 2025
78 Brinkinfield Road
Chalgrove
Oxford
OX44 7QX
05 02 2025
2 Lower End
Great Milton
OX44 7NL
04 02 2025
Comments withdrawn
consulted by email
03 02 2025
27 Henley Road
Sandford-On-Thames
Oxford
OX4 4YW
31 01 2025
43 Queens Cottage
The Green
Marsh Baldon
Oxford
OX44 9LR
29 01 2025
105 Fane Drive
Berinsfield
Wallingford
OX10 7QJ
27 01 2025
Leys Barn
Great Leys Farm
Lower Road
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9BE
28 12 2024
Kingfisher Cottage
1
Toot Baldon
Oxford
OX44 9NG
20 12 2024
2 Baldon Lane
Marsh Baldon
Oxford
OX44 9LT
09 12 2024
Great Leys Farm
Lower Road
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9BE
07 12 2024
1 Halfway Farm Cottages
Lower Road
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9BG
2 Halfway Farm Cottages
Lower Road
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9BG
25 Delta Drive
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9FA
27 Delta Drive
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9FA
Battery Storage
Cowley Main Sub Station
Lower Blackberry Lane
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9BD
Copse End
Lower Road
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9BL
Cowley Main Sub Station
Lower Blackberry Lane
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9BD
Hillsdown
Lower Road
Garsington
Oxford
OX44 9BN
Application Type
Major
(Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received
5th November 2024
Registration Date
15th November 2024
Start Consultation Period
26th November 2024
End Consultation Period
26th June 2025
Target Decision Date
23rd June 2025
Target Committee Meeting
13th August 2025
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 13th August 2025
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt and it would be harmful to the spatial and visual openness of the Green Belt and would conflict with the purposes of the Green Belt. By virtue of its location, and form of development, the proposal would contribute to the unrestricted sprawl of Oxford, a large built-up area, into the Green Belt, undermining purpose a) specified in paragraph 143 of the NPPF. The application does not constitute very special circumstances as required by the National Planning Policy Framework to clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and other harms. As such the application is contrary to Policies STRAT6 and DES9 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035 and the NPPF.
The proposal would introduce development with an industrial character into the open countryside. It would result in significant adverse effects on the open landscape character and to views including those from neighbouring Garsington, the highway and public rights of way. As such, the proposal is contrary to the NPPF, and Policies ENV1, DES1 and DES2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035, and Policy GARS3 of the Garsington Neighbourhood Plan.
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