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Cala Homes Phases 5b, 7 and 8, Willington Down, Land at North East Didcot, Didcot

P24/S4106/RMReserved Matters ApplicationApproved
Reserved matters

Approved on 18 March 2026

Council decision: Reserved Matters is Granted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Approval of Reserved Matters of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for a development comprising 311 residential units together with associated landscaping and infrastructure on application P15/S2902/O (Outline planning application with details of the means of access only to be considered for a new and integrated neighbourhood to the northeast of Didcot of up to 1880 homes (with up to 40% being Affordable Housing) and comprising: (i) two new primary schools; (ii) a new secondary school; (iii) a new leisure/sports facility and sports pitches, including a pavillion; (iv) a neighbourhood centre comprising: a 1500 sqm Class A1 (shop) use; up to 5 units, each up to 200 sqm, of small flexible units within Classes A1, A2, A3, A4 or A5; a Class A4 or A3 or mixed use Public House/restaurant; a Class C1 hotel; and a Class D1 non-residential institutional use (for example a creche or children's day nursery); (v) a new community hall; (vi) a Class C3 residential Extra Care Housing facility; (vii)new areas of green infrastructure including amenity green space, allotments and children's play areas; and (viii) a comprehensive suite of other supporting town-wide and site-specific associated infrastructure. (As amended by information received on 14th July and as amended by plans received 20 October and amended information received 29 October 2025 and 22 January 2026. As amplified by additional information received 02 February 2026.)

Submitted
23 December 2024
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 450 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Cala Homes Phases 5b, 7 and 8, Willington Down, Land at North East Didcot, Didcot. South Oxfordshire has handled 21 applications of this type. This one was decided in 450 days, 56 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

94% of all 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

Application type
Reserved Matters Application

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Ancient woodlandNext to the site

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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