Planning application
Land at former Didcot A Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
Works: Trees Major scheme
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Proposal
Variation of conditions 1 (Approved Plans) and 7 (Implementation of Foul and Surface Water Drainage) on application P22/V1857/O and partial discharge of conditions 18 (Landscape Management Plan), 21 (Landscape and Ecology Management Plan), 22 (Biodiversity Construction Environment Management Plan) and 24 (Tree Protection) on application P22/V1857/O. (Hybrid application comprising: 1. Outline planning permission for the erection of up to 197,000m2 Use Class B8 data centre development with ancillary Use Class E office space, together with associated groundworks, utilities, infrastructure, engineering and enabling works. Matters relating to appearance, landscaping, drainage, layout and scale of the development areas reserved for subsequent approval; and 2. Full planning permission for the construction of new and improved site access, new access roads, hard & soft landscaping, creation of SUDS and all associated infrastructure and engineering works.)
As published by the council, reference P25/V2199/S73
Application record
- Reference
- P25/V2199/S73
- Type
- Major (Section 73)
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Planning Permission
- Received
- 14 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 14 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 11 Feb 2026
- Postcode
- OX11 7HA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Vale of White Horse register
This site has had 5 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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P26/V1152/DIS Decided
Land at former Didcot A Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
Discharge of condition(s) 9 (Contamination details) on application ref. P22/V1857/O. (Hybrid application comprising: 1. Outline planning permission for the erection of up to 197,000m2 Use Class B8 data centre development with ancillary Use Class E office space, together with associated groundworks, utilities, infrastructure, engineering and enabling works. Matters relating to appearance, landscaping, drainage, layout and scale of the development areas reserved for subsequent approval; and 2. Full planning permission for the construction of new and improved site access, new access roads, hard & soft landscaping, creation of SUDS and all associated infrastructure and engineering works.)
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P25/V2769/DIS Decided
Land at former Didcot A Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
Discharge of condition 19(Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment) on application ref. P22/V1857/O Hybrid application comprising: 1. Outline planning permission for the erection of up to 197,000m2 Use Class B8 data centre development with ancillary Use Class E office space, together with associated groundworks, utilities, infrastructure, engineering and enabling works. Matters relating to appearance, landscaping, drainage, layout and scale of the development areas reserved for subsequent approval; and 2. Full planning permission for the construction of new and improved site access, new access roads, hard & soft landscaping, creation of SUDS and all associated infrastructure and engineering works.
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P25/V2364/DIS Decided
Land at former Didcot A Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
Discharge of condition 16 (Approval of External Materials and Lighting for roads and footpaths) on application ref. P22/V1857/O. (Hybrid application comprising: 1. Outline planning permission for the erection of up to 197,000m2 Use Class B8 data centre development with ancillary Use Class E office space, together with associated groundworks, utilities, infrastructure, engineering and enabling works. Matters relating to appearance, landscaping, drainage, layout and scale of the development areas reserved for subsequent approval; and 2. Full planning permission for the construction of new and improved site access, new access roads, hard & soft landscaping, creation of SUDS and all associated infrastructure and engineering works.)
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P25/V2197/RM Granted
Land at former Didcot A Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
Reserved Matters application for the approval of details relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for a data centre campus, to include 4 no. data centre buildings, gate house and other ancillary buildings and plant, associated site access roads, boundary security fencing, CCTV and landscaping pursuant to outline planning permission P25/V2199/S73Â (Variation of conditions 1 (Approved Plans) and 7 (Implementation of Foul and Surface Water Drainage) on application P22/V1857/O and partial discharge of conditions 18 (Landscape Management Plan), 21 (Landscape and Ecology Management Plan), 22 (Biodiversity Construction Environment Management Plan) and 24 (Tree Protection) on application P22/V1857/O and discharge of outline conditions 5, 16, 18, 21 and 26 in relation to RMA2 phase only.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Oct 2025
Received by Vale of White Horse
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11 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Planning Permission
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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P25/V2197/RM Granted
Land at former Didcot A Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
Reserved Matters application for the approval of details relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for a data centre campus, to include 4 no. data centre buildings, gate house and other ancillary buildings and plant, associated site access roads, boundary security fencing, CCTV and landscaping pursuant to outline planning permission P25/V2199/S73Â (Variation of conditions 1 (Approved Plans) and 7 (Implementation of Foul and Surface Water Drainage) on application P22/V1857/O and partial discharge of conditions 18 (Landscape Management Plan), 21 (Landscape and Ecology Management Plan), 22 (Biodiversity Construction Environment Management Plan) and 24 (Tree Protection) on application P22/V1857/O and discharge of outline conditions 5, 16, 18, 21 and 26 in relation to RMA2 phase only.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
41 documents on file for this application
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Didcot Power Station, Rwe N Power Plc Didcot Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
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Decided Conditions 4 docs -
Phase 2 Data Centre Land at Former A Didcot Power Station OX11 7HA
EIA screening opinion request in support of the Reserved Matters Application (RMA) for the approval of details (Layout, Scale, Appearance and Landscaping) for Phase 2 of the proposed data centre development at the former Didcot A Power Station
Decided Outline 3 docs -
Land at former Didcot A Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
Reserved Matters application for the approval of details relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for a data centre campus, to include 4 no. data centre buildings, gate house and other ancillary buildings and plant, associated site access roads, boundary security fencing, CCTV and landscaping pursuant to outline planning permission P25/V2199/S73Â (Variation of conditions 1 (Approved Plans) and 7 (Implementation of Foul and Surface Water Drainage) on application P22/V1857/O and partial discharge of conditions 18 (Landscape Management Plan), 21 (Landscape and Ecology Management Plan), 22 (Biodiversity Construction Environment Management Plan) and 24 (Tree Protection) on application P22/V1857/O and discharge of outline conditions 5, 16, 18, 21 and 26 in relation to RMA2 phase only.
Granted Reserved matters Trees 78 docsMajor scheme -
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Granted Reserved matters 21 docsMajor scheme -
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P26/V3022/NM Refused
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