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UKAEA Culham Science Centre near Clifton Hampden OX14 3DB

Granted South Oxfordshire P18/S0871/FUL Major (Full Application)

Works: Demolition Major scheme

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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Demolition of current B15 Building to allow for the development of Pit Lane Facility (Use Class B1b).

As published by the council, reference P18/S0871/FUL

Application record

Reference
P18/S0871/FUL
Type
Major (Full Application)
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Planning Permission
Received
9 Mar 2018
Validated
28 Mar 2018
Decided
5 Jul 2018
Postcode
OX14 3DB

Site history

Applications at this address on the South Oxfordshire register

This site has had 3 applications since 2017: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • P19/S4273/FUL Granted

    UKAEA Culham Science Centre near Clifton Hampden OX14 3DB

    Variation of Conditions 2 & 3 of permission P07/W0836 and variation of conditions 1 & 2 of application P14/S4046/FUL to allow the group 1 JET buildings to be retained beyond original date for removal.

    Decided 13 Jan 2020 Full applications
  • P17/S4193/FUL Granted

    UKAEA Culham Science Centre near Clifton Hampden OX14 3DB

    Erection of a 3,789m Class D2 Non Residential Training Centre with associated parking. (As amplified by Aboricultural Method Statement June 2018 received 18 June 2018 and revised Transport Statement dated 10 July 2018).

    Decided 3 Aug 2018 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Mar 2018

    Received by South Oxfordshire

  2. 28 Mar 2018

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 5 Jul 2018

    Decision issued: Planning Permission

  4. 15 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • P19/S1558/DIS Granted

    Uk A E A Culham Science Centre near Clifton Hampden OX14 3DB

    Discharge of conditions 5 (car parking plan) and 7(travel plan) of application P18/S0871/FUL Demolition of current B15 Building to allow for the development of Pit Lane Facility (Use Class B1b).

    Decided 17 Jun 2019 Conditions

Documents

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

24 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

South Oxfordshire granted permission on 5 July 2018, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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  • Culham Storage Limited, Land to the north of the Culham Science Centre, Thame Lane, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3GY

    P26/S0702/DIS Submitted 6 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    Discharge of conditions 6(Biodiversity Construction Environmental Management Plan), 10(Wheel Washing) and 12(WSI) on application ref. P24/S1498/FUL The development of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), comprising a 500 megawatt (MW) battery storage facility with associated infrastructure, access and landscaping, with a connection into the Culham Jet National Grid substation.

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    Erection of a 3, 222 sqm Class B1 building (workshop, research and development facility). As amplified by additional information (arboricultural report) rec 03.07.14, and email from Kemp&Kemp dated 24 July 20140 (additional highways information). As amended by drawing numbers CCF-BBA-Z0-DR-A-02004 rev P8, CCF-BBA-Z0-01-DR-A-2002 rev P7, CCF-BBA-Z0-02-DR-A-02003 rev P7, CCF-BBA-Z0-GF DR-A-02001 rev P7, CCF-BBA-Z0-XX-DR-A-03002 rev P7, CCF-BBA-Z0-XX-DR A-04001 rev P8, CCF-BBA-Z0-XX-DR-A-04002 rev P8, CCF-BBA-Z0-XX-DR-A-03001 rev P7

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    Granted Full applications 7 docs
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