Land at the former Didcot Power Station, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7HA Data via plota.co.uk

P25/V2043/RM - Reserved Matters Application Approved

Proposal

Reserved Matters Approval Application pursuant to Outline Planning Permission reference for the construction of a substation to include transformers and other equipment, a control building and associated site access, landscaping, boundary security fencing and lighting. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Sept 2025
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Approved
17 Dec 2025

Approved on 17 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application - Application Form · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 13

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 48 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Vale of White Horse
Application type
Reserved Matters Application
Postcode
OX11 7HA
Received
23 Sept 2025
Validated
23 Sept 2025
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Dec 2025
Decision
Reserved Matters is Granted
Decision date
17 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
RPS Group

How this decision compares

Decided in 85 days from validation, 7 days faster than Vale of White Horse's median of 92 for reserved matters. Approved, as 96% of reserved matters here are.

27%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for reserved matters decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent reserved matters in Vale of White Horse to go on. Vale of White Horse decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
2 Oct 2025
Comments by
29 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
23 Dec 2025

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Land at the Former Didcot A Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
EIA Screening Opinion of the proposed development of Phase 1 Substation at Land at the Fo…
P25/V0864/SCR
2025 Approved
Land at the Former Didcot A Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
EIA Screening Opinion of the proposed development of Phase 1 Substation at Land at the Fo…
P25/V0864/SCR
Vale of White Horse
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#176 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Vale of White Horse ranks #198 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 51% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Vale of White Horse decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #32 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #64 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #198 of 296
51%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #232 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
83 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
90%
Change of use approved
31 decided
1,015
Total decisions
51 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings