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Technology Centre, Bozedown Drive, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QR

P22/S3223/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 16 February 2023

Council decision: Planning Permission is Granted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The demolition of buildings; the erection of a new part single storey, part two storey building for the research / testing of electric battery technology and associated test chambers; and the erection of buildings and compound for storage and other ancillary facilities. (As amplified by additional information received 20 September 2022 and 29 September 2022 and 19 December 2022 and amended by plans received 12 January 2023).

Submitted
2 September 2022
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 167 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Technology Centre, Bozedown Drive, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QR. South Oxfordshire has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 16 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,683 applications in total for the RG8 postcode area.

93% of full applications at South Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RG8 7QR
Application type
Full Application

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Thatched CottageOn or next to this site
  • Scheduled monument: Camp on BozedownPart of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Camp on BozedownPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (17)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

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    20 Mar

    Discharge of condition 17 (Archaeology Staged Programme of Investigation) on application P22/S3223/FUL

    Partially DischargedDischarge of conditionsP24/S0950/DIS
  2. 2022
    2 Sep

    The demolition of buildings; the erection of a new part single storey, part two storey building for the…

    This applicationApprovedFull ApplicationP22/S3223/FUL

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