Valley Park planning applications


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.

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Index of all Valley Park planning applications, by status, and other useful links.

The outline application for Valley Park

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P14/V2873/OOutline application for 4,254 dwellings | Vale Link | MapFebruary 21, 2022

Additional Full applications

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P23/V0432/FULFull 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

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Approved

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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

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P23/V2247/DISDischarge of condition 28 (watercourse crossings)October 3, 2023
P23/V0659/DISDischarge of condition 33 – Travel Plan for Housing | Vale LinkMarch 16, 2023
P22/V2624/DISDischarge of conditions 23 (Foul Drainage) & Condition 24 (Surface Water Drainage)|Vale LinkNovember 9, 2022

Approved

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P22/V2798/DISDischarge of condition 10 (Framework Plan) | Vale LinkNovember 30, 2022
P22/V2441/DISDischarge of condition 21 (Contamination) | Vale LinkOctober 17, 2022
P22/V2408/DISDischarge of Condition 12 (Construction Environment Management Plan) | Vale LinkOctober 17, 2022
P22/V2407/DISDischarge of condition 11 (Phasing Plan) |Vale LinkOctober 17, 2022
P22/V2338/DISDischarge of condition 6 (housing delivery document) | Vale LinkOctober 11, 2022
P22/V2066/DISDischarge of condition 9 (Strategic Design Code) |Vale linkSeptember 1, 2022
P22/V1482/DISDischarge of condition 29 (Community Employment Plan)| Vale LinkJuly 12, 2022

Site plans

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Illustrative MasterplanDecember 14, 2020
Phasing PlanDecember 1, 2020

Commentary

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Spine Road status – October 2023What may or may not be approved for the spine road in Valley Park.October 6, 2023

The S106 agreement

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S106The legal agreementFebruary 21, 2022

Relevant policies

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Design GuideJoint (Vale and South) Design Guide | LinkJune 23, 2022
Vale Local PlanLocal Plan 2031 | LinkOctober 9, 2019
NPPFNational Planning Policy Framework | LinkMarch 27, 2012

Planning Committee meetings

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Planning Committee Sep 2023Planning Committee | Vale LinkSeptember 28, 2023
Planning Committee Jul 2021Planning Committee | Vale LinkJuly 28, 2021
Planning Committee Feb 2021Planning Committee | Vale LinkFebruary 16, 2021
Planning Committee Apr 2016Planning Committee | Vale LinkApril 20, 2016

Press & Internet

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Didcot: Plans for 172 new homes approved unanimouslyDidcot Herald articleSeptember 28, 2023
Dahlia View Public ExhibitionWed 4 Oct.  1.30pm – 7.30pm | LinkSeptember 20, 2023
Primrose Gardens at Valley ParkTaylor Wimpey webpage | LinkNovember 23, 2022
Taylor Wimpey to start development in Didcot if approvedNews item in the Didcot HeraldAugust 14, 2022
Vale summary statement| LinkJuly 4, 2022
Press ReleaseMillions secured for green infrastructure in Didcot | Vale linkFebruary 21, 2022
Tree photographsfrom Didcot’s oaks and other notable trees | LinkJuly 28, 2021

Photos

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PhotosA walk down Cow Lane, and back beside GWP (Feb 2022 and Feb 2021)February 27, 2022

Withdrawn or rejected applications

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Summary of applicationsOctober 12, 2022
P14/V2873/OOutline application for 4,254 dwellings | Vale Link | MapFebruary 21, 2022
S106The legal agreementFebruary 21, 2022
P22/V2381/DISDischarge of condition 28 (Retained Watercourse Crossings) | Vale LinkOctober 11, 2022
P22/V1208/DISDischarge of conditions 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, 24, 27 | Vale LinkMay 25, 2022
P22/V1195/ADirectional signage at junction  |  Vale linkMay 20, 2022
P22/V0643/DISDischarge of conditions 23 (Foul water) and Condition 24 (Surface Water Drainage)|Vale LinkMay 10, 2022
P22/V0907/RMPhase P1 161 dwellings  |  Vale Link  |  MapMay 6, 2022
P22/V0868/DISDischarge of conditions 6, 9, 16 11, 21  including Design Code, Housing Delivery Document and …April 4, 2022
P22/V0796/DISFramework Plan (condition 10) |  Vale Link March 28, 2022
P22/V0539/RMPhase 1 246 new homes  |  Vale Link  |  MapMarch 18, 2022

 

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