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Planning application submitted for Haseley Trading Estate vehicle depot

Published Thursday 19 June 2025

South Oxfordshire District Council has submitted a planning application for the proposed vehicle depot site, and the plans are now available to view online and for people to leave their comments. 

The full plans can be viewed here:  https://data.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/support/Main.jsp?MODULE=ApplicationDetails&REF=P25/S1653/FUL 

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are working on securing a long-term vehicle depot at Haseley Trading Estate  (the former Ariens/Countax site) in South Oxfordshire, for parking their shared refuse collection and street cleansing service’s vehicle fleet.  No refuse will be kept on site.

The plan is to redevelop and retain one of the existing buildings and make improvements to the site, such as adding solar panels on the existing building, improving the screening with planting and carefully managing the adjoining woodland.

The district council’s Planning department will determine the planning application. As such, the council has been observing strict and careful internal procedures to ensure the Planning officers involved in reviewing the application are independent from council staff working on the project. 

The application will ultimately be debated and determined by the council’s Planning committee. The comments made during the planning application consultation process will be considered in an officer’s report to the planning committee. There will be an opportunity for public speaking at the committee meeting. 

View more information at southandvale.gov.uk/haseleytradingestate