Didcot A Power Station Didcot

1. 2 Feb 2015

   Received by Vale of White Horse

2. 20 Feb 2015

   Decision issued: EIA required

3. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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• Didcot A Power Station Didcot

  P15/S0255/SCO Submitted 2 Feb 2015 50 yards away

  Scoping opinion request

  Decided Outline 7 docs

• 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 (In the parishes of Harwell and Sutton Courtenay)

  P14/V1862/SCR Submitted 13 Aug 2014 50 yards away

  Screening opinion request

  Decided Outline 4 docs

• Didcot A Power Station Didcot

  P14/S2632/SCO Submitted 13 Aug 2014 50 yards away

  Scoping opinion request

  Decided Outline 2 docs

• Didcot A Power Station Didcot

  P14/S2631/SCR Submitted 13 Aug 2014 50 yards away

  Screening opinion request

  Decided Outline 4 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

• P26/V4179/O Decided

  Sunny Side Cottage Didcot Road Harwell Didcot OX11 6DN

  Residential development of three new dwellings

  Received 17 Sep, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Outline
• P26/V4182/O Decided

  Land to the North of Lower Road, Chilton, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RR

  Outline: The erection of up to 42 residential dwellings, together with the associated vehicular and pedestrian access, landscaping and public open space, with all matters reserved except for access.

  Received 17 Sep, published by the council 2 Oct 2026 Outline
• 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