Valley Park is a large housing development west of Didcot, in the south of Oxfordshire. For a thousand years or more the area was within the parish of Harwell. Since 1 April 2023 it is part of a new parish Western Valley, which includes all the Valley Park development and some 800 houses from the Great Western Park development. The Local Planning Authority for Valley Park is the Vale of White Horse District Council.
Index of all Valley Park planning applications, by status, and other useful links.
The outline application for Valley Park
Title | Content | Date |
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P14/V2873/O | Outline application for 4,254 dwellings | Vale Link | Map | February 21, 2022 |
Additional Full applications
Title | Content | Date |
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P23/V0432/FUL | Full planning application for the formation of a temporary construction access from the A4130 | … | February 23, 2023 |
Reserved Matters applications
Requesting permission for matters not decided in the main application P14/V2873/O
No decision issued
Title | Content | Date |
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Approved
Title | Content | Date |
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Discharge applications
To discharge conditions imposed in the permission granted for the main application P14/V2873/O.
There will be additional discharge applications to cover conditions imposed when reserved matters applications are approved.
No decision issued
Title | Content | Date |
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P23/V2247/DIS | Discharge of condition 28 (watercourse crossings) | October 3, 2023 |
P23/V0659/DIS | Discharge of condition 33 – Travel Plan for Housing | Vale Link | March 16, 2023 |
P22/V2624/DIS | Discharge of conditions 23 (Foul Drainage) & Condition 24 (Surface Water Drainage)|Vale Link | November 9, 2022 |
Approved
Title | Content | Date |
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P22/V2798/DIS | Discharge of condition 10 (Framework Plan) | Vale Link | November 30, 2022 |
P22/V2441/DIS | Discharge of condition 21 (Contamination) | Vale Link | October 17, 2022 |
P22/V2408/DIS | Discharge of Condition 12 (Construction Environment Management Plan) | Vale Link | October 17, 2022 |
P22/V2407/DIS | Discharge of condition 11 (Phasing Plan) |Vale Link | October 17, 2022 |
P22/V2338/DIS | Discharge of condition 6 (housing delivery document) | Vale Link | October 11, 2022 |
P22/V2066/DIS | Discharge of condition 9 (Strategic Design Code) |Vale link | September 1, 2022 |
P22/V1482/DIS | Discharge of condition 29 (Community Employment Plan)| Vale Link | July 12, 2022 |
Site plans
Title | Content | Date |
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Illustrative Masterplan | December 14, 2020 | |
Phasing Plan | December 1, 2020 |
Commentary
Title | Content | Date |
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Spine Road status – October 2023 | What may or may not be approved for the spine road in Valley Park. | October 6, 2023 |
The S106 agreement
Title | Content | Date |
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S106 | The legal agreement | February 21, 2022 |
Relevant policies
Title | Content | Date |
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Design Guide | Joint (Vale and South) Design Guide | Link | June 23, 2022 |
Vale Local Plan | Local Plan 2031 | Link | October 9, 2019 |
NPPF | National Planning Policy Framework | Link | March 27, 2012 |
Planning Committee meetings
Title | Content | Date |
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Planning Committee Sep 2023 | Planning Committee | Vale Link | September 28, 2023 |
Planning Committee Jul 2021 | Planning Committee | Vale Link | July 28, 2021 |
Planning Committee Feb 2021 | Planning Committee | Vale Link | February 16, 2021 |
Planning Committee Apr 2016 | Planning Committee | Vale Link | April 20, 2016 |
Press & Internet
Title | Content | Date |
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Didcot: Plans for 172 new homes approved unanimously | Didcot Herald article | September 28, 2023 |
Dahlia View Public Exhibition | Wed 4 Oct. 1.30pm – 7.30pm | Link | September 20, 2023 |
Primrose Gardens at Valley Park | Taylor Wimpey webpage | Link | November 23, 2022 |
Taylor Wimpey to start development in Didcot if approved | News item in the Didcot Herald | August 14, 2022 |
Vale summary statement | | Link | July 4, 2022 |
Press Release | Millions secured for green infrastructure in Didcot | Vale link | February 21, 2022 |
Tree photographs | from Didcot’s oaks and other notable trees | Link | July 28, 2021 |
Photos
Title | Content | Date |
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Photos | A walk down Cow Lane, and back beside GWP (Feb 2022 and Feb 2021) | February 27, 2022 |
Withdrawn or rejected applications
Title | Content | Date |
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Summary of applications | October 12, 2022 | |
P14/V2873/O | Outline application for 4,254 dwellings | Vale Link | Map | February 21, 2022 |
S106 | The legal agreement | February 21, 2022 |
P22/V2381/DIS | Discharge of condition 28 (Retained Watercourse Crossings) | Vale Link | October 11, 2022 |
P22/V1208/DIS | Discharge of conditions 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, 24, 27 | Vale Link | May 25, 2022 |
P22/V1195/A | Directional signage at junction | Vale link | May 20, 2022 |
P22/V0643/DIS | Discharge of conditions 23 (Foul water) and Condition 24 (Surface Water Drainage)|Vale Link | May 10, 2022 |
P22/V0907/RM | Phase P1 161 dwellings | Vale Link | Map | May 6, 2022 |
P22/V0868/DIS | Discharge of conditions 6, 9, 16 11, 21 including Design Code, Housing Delivery Document and … | April 4, 2022 |
P22/V0796/DIS | Framework Plan (condition 10) | Vale Link | March 28, 2022 |
P22/V0539/RM | Phase 1 246 new homes | Vale Link | Map | March 18, 2022 |