Didcot A Power Station Didcot (In the parishes of Harwell and Sutton Courtenay)

This site has had 2 applications since 2014.

• P14/V1863/SCO Decided

  Didcot A Power Station Didcot (In the parishes of Harwell and Sutton Courtenay)

  Scoping opinion request

  Decided 15 Sep 2014 Outline

1. 13 Aug 2014

   Received by Vale of White Horse

2. 15 Sep 2014

   Decision issued: EIA required

3. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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• Didcot A Power Station Didcot (In the parishes of Harwell and Sutton Courtenay)

  P14/V1863/SCO Submitted 13 Aug 2014 50 yards away

  Scoping opinion request

  Decided Outline 4 docs

• Didcot A Power Station Didcot

  P15/V0297/SCO Submitted 2 Feb 2015 50 yards away

  Scoping opinion request

  Decided Outline 7 docs

• Land at former Didcot A Power Station Purchas Road Didcot

  P19/S4426/RM Submitted 29 Nov 2019 50 yards away

  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.)

  Granted Reserved matters 59 docs
  Major scheme

• Land at Former Didcot A Power Station, Milton Road, Didcot

  P21/V0167/FUL Submitted 18 Jan 2021 200 yards away

  Hybrid planning application consisting of a) Full Planning Application for the erection of a single storey 8,692 m2 Data Centre building (containing data halls, associated electrical and AHU Plant Rooms, loading bay, maintenance and storage space, office administration areas and screened plant at roof level), emergency generators and emission stacks, diesel tanks and filling area, electrical switchroom, a water sprinkler pump room and storage tanks, a gate house / security building, MV substation, site access, internal access roads, drainage infrastructure, hard and soft landscaping and b) Outline Planning Application for the erection of a two storey 20,800 m2 Data Centre building (containing data halls, associated electrical and AHU Plant Rooms, loading bay, maintenance and storage space, office administration areas and screened plant at roof level), emergency generators and emission stacks, diesel tanks and filling area, electrical switchroom, a water sprinkler pump room and storage tanks; details of appearance will be reserved, along with hard landscaping immediately around the building (as amended by plans and documents received 5th May 2021).

  Granted Full applications 127 docs
  Small domestic

• Land at Former Didcot A Power Station, Milton Road, Didcot

  P21/S0274/FUL Submitted 18 Jan 2021 200 yards away

  Hybrid planning application consisting of a) Full Planning Application for the erection of a single storey 8,692 m2 Data Centre building (containing data halls, associated electrical and AHU Plant Rooms, loading bay, maintenance and storage space, office administration areas and screened plant at roof level), emergency generators and emission stacks, diesel tanks and filling area, electrical switchroom, a water sprinkler pump room and storage tanks, a gate house / security building, MV substation, site access, internal access roads, drainage infrastructure, hard and soft landscaping and b) Outline Planning Application for the erection of a two storey 20,800 m2 Data Centre building (containing data halls, associated electrical and AHU Plant Rooms, loading bay, maintenance and storage space, office administration areas and screened plant at roof level), emergency generators and emission stacks, diesel tanks and filling area, electrical switchroom, a water sprinkler pump room and storage tanks; details of appearance will be reserved, along with hard landscaping immediately around the building (as amended by plans and documents received 5th May 2021).

  Granted Full applications 127 docs
  Small domestic

• Land at former Didcot A Power Station Purchas Road Didcot

  P19/S1187/FUL Submitted 9 Apr 2019 300 yards away

  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.

  Granted Full applications Trees 45 docs
  Major scheme

• P26/V3664/SCR Decided

  Former Esso Research Centre Milton Hill Steventon OX13 6BD

  Request for an EIA Screening Opinion in relation to proposed commercial development of the site.

  Received 19 Aug, published by the council 25 Aug 2026 Outline
• P25/V1395/PIP Withdrawn

  Land South of Churchmere Road, Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, OX14 4AQ

  Erect 2 dwellings

  Received 7 Jul, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Outline
• P26/V2692/O Decided

  Land East of the A420, North of Buckland Drive and Cozens Grove West of Sywell Road, Trajan Road & Friars Court Shrivenham SN6 8FR

  Outline planning application for the erection of up to 100 dwellings (including 40% affordable housing) with public open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage system (SuDs) and a vehicle access point. All matters reserved apart from access.

  Received 1 Jul, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Outline
• P26/V2641/O Decided

  Greens Farmhouse, Road Through Great Coxwell, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NG

  Outline planning with all matters reserved for an agricultural dwelling to accommodate a business partner who will be expanding the farming business.

  Received 29 Jun, published by the council 22 Aug 2026 Outline
• P26/V1421/PIP Granted

  18A Boxhill Walk Abingdon OX14 1HB

  Creation of a single residential dwelling on the land edged red on the enclosed site plan.

  Received 27 Apr, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Outline