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Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd Wantage Oxon OX12 0DQ

P25/V1909/FULMajor (Full Application)Approved
Full

Approved on 19 December 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The demolition of existing wind tunnel building and erection of new research and development building, associated plant & machinery and ancillary infrastructure.

Received
3 September 2025
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd Wantage Oxon OX12 0DQ. Vale of White Horse has handled 3,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 7 weeks longer than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,597 applications in total for the OX12 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
OX12 0DQ
Application type
Major (Full Application)
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2025
Consultation expiry
3 December 2025
Consultation start
15 September 2025
Consultation end
3 December 2025
Target decision date
19 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
107 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
57

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

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 (22)

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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    3 Sep

    The demolition of existing wind tunnel building and erection of new research and development building…

    This applicationApprovedFullP25/V1909/FUL
  2. 2025
    3 Sep

    Installation of a single roof light to the former Williams Advanced Engineering Building (WAE).

    ApprovedMinor (Full Application)Filed alongsideP25/V1915/FUL

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