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Building R1 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX

P23/V2546/FULMajor (Full Application)Approved
Full

Approved on 26 February 2024

Council decision: Planning Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The partial demolition of Building R1 and erection of an extension to Building R1 for laser facility (Class E(g)).

Received
13 November 2023
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated16 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Building R1 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX. Vale of White Horse has handled 3,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,447 applications in total for the OX11 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Vale of White Horse District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX11 0QX
Application type
Major (Full Application)
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 November 2023
Consultation expiry
13 December 2023
Consultation start
17 November 2023
Consultation end
13 December 2023
Target decision date
26 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
102 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
50

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

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, 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

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© 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: Vale of White Horse

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