Transport planning consultants in Didcot.
Transport Statements, access and parking checks, and answers to highways comments for schemes in Didcot, for developers and the architects, planning consultants and engineers who work with them.
South Oxfordshire District Council
decides planning applications
Oxfordshire County Council
highway authority for local roads
A34
run by National Highways
How schemes in Didcot get decided.
Two councils involved
South Oxfordshire District Council decides the planning application, but Oxfordshire County Council is the highway authority and gives the highways response. We deal with both, so the evidence suits the county’s standards as well as the local plan. Parts of the west of the town fall within the Vale of White Horse instead.
What shapes schemes in Didcot
A garden town on the Great Western Main Line close to the A34, with major housing growth and the science campuses at Harwell and Milton Park. In the centre, the questions are servicing, parking and how people walk to the shops and the station. On the edges, it’s access, visibility and the main junctions.
Roads, rail and buses
The main roads are the A4130 and A417, near the A34. There’s a railway station, so the walking and cycling route to it counts for a lot in any application. Where a scheme adds traffic to the A34, National Highways needs to agree the evidence as well. We tell you early if yours does.
Questions we get asked
Who is the highway authority in Didcot?
Oxfordshire County Council, for local roads. South Oxfordshire District Council decides the planning application and consults Oxfordshire County Council on highways matters. We deal with both. National Highways is responsible for the A34.
Do you cover the area around Didcot?
Yes, including Wantage, Oxford and Reading, and the villages and rural sites in between.
Will National Highways need to be involved?
Only if a scheme adds enough traffic to the A34 to matter. We check that at the start and, where it’s needed, agree the approach with them alongside the council.
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