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Oldbury Power Station Power Station Road Oldbury On Severn South Gloucestershire BS35 1RQ

P26/001/SCRScreening OpinionAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Screening opinion for demolition of the Turbine Hall at Oldbury site along with associated structures, as part of the ongoing consented decommissioning programme at the site.

Received
8 January 2026
Decision due
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Severn Vale
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 28 January.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (5)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Oldbury Power Station Power Station Road Oldbury On Severn South Gloucestershire BS35 1RQ. South Gloucestershire has handled 1,171 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 8 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Severn Vale. We hold 665 applications in total for the BS35 postcode area.

85% of outline applications at South Gloucestershire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS35 1RQ
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Oldbury-on-Severn Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026
Consultation expiry
28 January 2026
Consultation end
28 January 2026
Last date for comments
28 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
73

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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.

Source: South Gloucestershire

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