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Land at former Didcot A Power Station Purchas Road Didcot

Granted South Oxfordshire P19/S4426/RM Major (Reserved Matters)

Relates to P19/S1967/FUL

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

Proposal

Reserved Matters application following Outline approval P19/S1967/FUL for the proposed realignment of below ground unnamed ordinary watercourse (a tributary of the Moor Ditch) and revised connection to the Moor Ditch (as amended by plans and information received 23rd March 2020, 15th June 2020, 3rd August 2020 and 24 September 2020). (Mixed use redevelopment comprising up to 400 dwellings (C3), 110,000ms of Class B2/B8 units, 25,000m2 of Class B1 units, 13,000m2 Class A1 units (includes 1,500m2 convenience food store), 150 bed Class C1 hotel and 500m2 of Class A3/A4 pub/restaurant, including link road, related open space, landscaping and drainage infrastructure, together with reservation of land for link road and Science Bridge. Cross boundary application Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire. As amended by Updated EA and Master Plan213042-PL-03 Rev G.)

As published by the council, reference P19/S4426/RM

Application record

Reference
P19/S4426/RM
Type
Major (Reserved Matters)
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Reserved Matters - Approval
Received
29 Nov 2019
Validated
4 Dec 2019
Decided
26 Oct 2020

Site history

Applications at this address on the South Oxfordshire register

This site has had 5 applications since 2019: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • P21/S2503/NM Decided

    Land at Former Didcot A Power Station, Purchas Road, Didcot

    Non-material amendment to remove criteria from condition 16 on planning application P19/S1967/FUL (Variation of condition 4 of application P15/S1880/O to substitute approved Parameters Plan (213042_PL02 Rev E) Variation of condition 4 of application P15/S1880/O to substitute approved Parameters Plan (213042_PL02 Rev E) with amended plan(9063 F0011 Rev A). Mixed use redevelopment comprising up to 400 dwellings (C3), 110,000ms of Class B2/B8 units, 25,000m2 of Class B1 units, 13,000m2 Class A1 units (includes 1,500m2 convenience food store), 150 bed Class C1 hotel and 500m2 of Class A3/A4 pub/restaurant, including link road, related open space, landscaping and drainage infrastructure, together with reservation of land for link road and Science Bridge.

    Decided 17 Jun 2021 Amendments
  • P19/S2178/DIS Granted

    Land at former Didcot A Power Station Purchas Road Didcot

    Discharge of Condition 4 - Construction Traffic to application P19/S1187/FUL. Site Clearance works including removal of trees, landscaping, bunds and spoil heaps. Breaking of concrete and removal of all concrete and structures (above and below ground and). Filling of voids. Day lighting of water course and creation of development plateaus.

    Decided 24 Jul 2019 Conditions
  • P19/S1967/FUL Granted

    Land at former Didcot A Power Station Purchas Road Didcot

    Variation of condition 4 of application P15/S1880/O to substitute approved Parameters Plan (213042_PL02 Rev E) with amended plan(9063 F0011 Rev A). Mixed use redevelopment comprising up to 400 dwellings (C3), 110,000ms of Class B2/B8 units, 25,000m2 of Class B1 units, 13,000m2 Class A1 units (includes 1,500m2 convenience food store), 150 bed Class C1 hotel and 500m2 of Class A3/A4 pub/restaurant, including link road, related open space, landscaping and drainage infrastructure, together with reservation of land for link road and Science Bridge. Cross boundary application Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire. As amended by Updated EA and Master Plan213042-PL-03 Rev G

    Decided 15 Oct 2019 Full applications
  • P19/S1187/FUL Granted

    Land at former Didcot A Power Station Purchas Road Didcot

    Site Clearance works including: . Removal of trees, Landscaping, Bunds and spoil heaps; . Breaking of concrete and removal of all concrete and structures (above and below ground and); . Filling of voids; . Daylighting of water course; and . Creation of development plateaus.

    Decided 3 Jul 2019 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Nov 2019

    Received by South Oxfordshire

  2. 4 Dec 2019

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Oct 2020

    Decision issued: Reserved Matters - Approval

  4. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • P19/S1967/FUL Granted

    Land at former Didcot A Power Station Purchas Road Didcot

    Variation of condition 4 of application P15/S1880/O to substitute approved Parameters Plan (213042_PL02 Rev E) with amended plan(9063 F0011 Rev A). Mixed use redevelopment comprising up to 400 dwellings (C3), 110,000ms of Class B2/B8 units, 25,000m2 of Class B1 units, 13,000m2 Class A1 units (includes 1,500m2 convenience food store), 150 bed Class C1 hotel and 500m2 of Class A3/A4 pub/restaurant, including link road, related open space, landscaping and drainage infrastructure, together with reservation of land for link road and Science Bridge. Cross boundary application Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire. As amended by Updated EA and Master Plan213042-PL-03 Rev G

    Decided 15 Oct 2019 Full applications

Documents

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

59 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

South Oxfordshire granted permission on 26 October 2020, 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.

About reserved matters applications

A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.

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