Planning application
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Diamond House Road Chilton OX11 0DE
Relates to P24/V1033/FUL
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Discharge of General Biodiversity Gain (BNG) condition on application ref. P24/V1033/FUL Erection of a building to accommodate a data centre with external plant, associated acoustic barrier and boundary fencing. (Amended information received 22 October 2025)
As published by the council, reference P25/V1890/DIS
Application record
- Reference
- P25/V1890/DIS
- Type
- Other (Discharge Conditions)
- Status
- Rejected
- Decision
- Rejected
- Received
- 2 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 19 Nov 2025
- Postcode
- OX11 0DE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Vale of White Horse register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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P25/V2668/DIS Decided
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Diamond House Road Chilton OX11 0DE
Discharge of General Biodiversity Gain (BNG) condition on application ref. P24/V1033/FUL Erection of a building to accommodate a data centre with external plant, associated acoustic barrier and boundary fencing.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Sep 2025
Received by Vale of White Horse
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19 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Rejected
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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P24/V1033/FUL Granted
Harwell Science And Innovation Campus, Diamond House, Road Thirteen, Didcot, OX11 0DE
Erection of a building to accommodate a data centre with external plant, associated acoustic barrier and boundary fencing.(as amplified by the amended documents submitted in June 2024).
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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