Sewage Treatment Works, Access Road To Sewage Works From, Grenoble Road, Sandford-on-Thames, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4XU
Approved on 15 May 2026
1 condition
Proposal
Construction and operation of an electricity substation for Oxford Sewage Treatment Works
- Submitted
- 5 January 2026
- Council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- ReceivedSubmitted5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated5 Jan
- Consult.Consultation13 May
- TargetTarget Date19 Jun
- DecidedDecided15 May
Decided in 130 days (council typically 84)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Sewage Treatment Works, Access Road To Sewage Works From, Grenoble Road, Sandford-on-Thames, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4XU. Oxfordshire has handled 110 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 7 weeks longer than Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,724 applications in total for the OX4 postcode area.
100% of all applications at Oxfordshire County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 12 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- OX4 4XU
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 22 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 13 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 June 2026
- Committee meeting
- 23 February 2026
- Application expires
- 6 April 2026
Applicant and agent
Thames Water Utilities Limited
Company number 02366661
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 Apr 1989 (37 years old)
- Nature of business
- Water collection, treatment and supply
- Registered office
- Reading
12 other planning applications by this company in Surrey, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and 2 more councils.
- SCCRef-2026-0171 · Surrey · Land at Camberley Sewage Treatment Works, Riverside Way, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3YL
- SCCRef-2026-0147 · Surrey · Land To The North East Of Slyfield Industrial Estate, Moorfield Road, Guildford GU1 1RR
- MW.0115/26 · Oxfordshire · Sewage Treatment Works, Polecat End Lane, Forest Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX33 1EH
- 26/01809/OOD · West Berkshire · Out Of District Reading Borough Council Reading Sewage Treatment Works Island Road Reading RG2 0RP
- PL/26/06614/UA · Buckinghamshire · Land Off Winchendon Ridge Road Nether Winchendon Buckinghamshire
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 43
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202629 Jun
Development of new blower house and sludge processing buildings, a temporary vehicular access from Grenoble…
No valuePlanning ApplicationMW.0097/26 - 20269 Jun
Details pursuant to Condition Condition 6 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of planning permission…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsMW.0089/26 - 202618 May
Details pursuant to Condition biodiversity gain plan of planning permission no. MW.0002/26
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsMW.0077/26
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