Oxfordshire - Waste Facility Expansion and Landfill Restoration

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION ACCOMPANIED BY ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT

I give notice that Viridor Oxfordshire Ltd, Middleton Stoney Road, Ardley, OX27 7AA is applying to Oxfordshire County Council for planning permission: Section 73 application to continue the development permitted by planning permission MW.0096/22 (the construction and operation of an energy from waste and combined heat and power facility together with associated office, visitor centre and bottom ash recycling facilities, new access road and weighbridge facilities and the continuation of landfill operations and landfill gas utilisation with consequent amendments to the phasing and final restoration landform of the landfill surface, water attenuation features and improvements to the existing household waste recycling centre), to amend Conditions 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 19, 25, 28, 29, 30, 40, 46 and 67 to increase the permitted annual throughput of waste from 378,000 tonnes per annum to 443,000 tonnes per annum, amend HGV delivery hours, revise the approved landfill restoration and surface water drainage schemes, install associated boundary fencing and gates, and extend the restoration completion date from 31st December 2026 to 31st December 2028 at Ardley Energy Recovery Facility, Middleton Stoney Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7AA and that the application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement.

You may view a copy of the application, supporting documents and the Environmental Statement from 8 October 2026 online at **http://myplanning.oxfordshire.gov.uk** using reference MW.0119/26 and at Oxfordshire County Council, Environment and Place, County Hall, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1ND at all reasonable hours by prior appointment until 7 November 2026.

If you wish to make any representations on this application either email, Matthew Case (Tel: 07584 262456) at matthew.case@oxfordshire.gov.uk or you can comment online using the reference MW.0119/26. If making a written representation by post, please use the address above and telephone the case officer in advance. Comments should be made on or before 7 November 2026 and failure to meet this deadline may result in your comments not being considered.

Members of the public may obtain copies of the Environmental Statement from Hard copies of the ES, as a four-volume set, are available to members of the public at a cost of £400 by writing to Axis, Well House Barns, Chester Road, Chester, CH4 0DH. Alternatively, the NonTechnical Summary can be purchased on its own from the same point of contact for £15. A digital copy can be provided by contacting enquiries@axis.co.uk.

The decision notice will be available online once the application has been decided.

NOTE Consideration of the development may take place in public and representations may be published. The proposal may be considered by the Council’s Planning & Regulation Committee (Only comments relating to planning issues will be taken into account when reaching a decision).

The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended requires the determination of planning applications to be a public process. The Council will make information submitted in relation to planning applications available for public inspection and so it is not possible to take into account in the determination of the application any comments which are submitted confidentially. If you wish to submit any comments regarding this application, your comments as well as your name and postal address may be disclosed to third parties including those who have submitted the planning application.

Oxfordshire County Council is a data controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 27th April 2016). For more details on how the Council will handle your personal information, please use the link below to access our Privacy Notice. Hard copies of this can also be provided on request: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/privacynoticedocument