Brownfield land in Vale of White Horse: 74 sites on the register
Part of development land in Oxfordshire — 466 sites across 5 councils.
Vale of White Horse District Council has published 74 brownfield sites in Vale of White Horse on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 88.9 hectares with an estimated capacity of 1,926 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Vale of White Horse register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land at former Didcot A Power Station Purchas Road Didcot | 46.85 | 400 | not yet |
| Land south of Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay (Major Ameys Site) | 6.43 | 195 | permissioned |
| Former Grove Airfield Parcel P3B, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth | 5.85 | 169 | permissioned |
| Mather House & Greensands, White Road & Reading Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JE | 4.56 | 75 | permissioned |
| Botley Centre, West Way, Botley | 2.20 | 140 | permissioned |
| King Alfred School East Springfield Road Wantage OX12 8ET | 2.17 | 150 | permissioned |
| Land at Besselsleigh Road Wootton OX13 6DX | 2.01 | 64 | permissioned |
| Land at Challow Park (including Former Council Depot) Challow Road (A417) East Challow Wan | 1.99 | 38 | permissioned |
Source: Vale of White Horse District Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 5 further entries repeat the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once. 10 of the 74 sites (14%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 64 that do — the real total is higher.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Vale of White Horse register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. 1,926 is what the council thinks Vale of White Horse’s register could take — your scheme, your design and the Local Plan will move it.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
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