Oxfordshire, Compulsory Purchase Order

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

(DIDCOT GARDEN TOWN HIGHWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE – A4130 IMPROVEMENT (MILTON GATE TO COLLETT ROUNDABOUT), A4197 DIDCOT TO CULHAM LINK ROAD, AND A415 CLIFTON HAMPDEN BYPASS) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2022

The Highways Act 1980

and

The Acquisition of Land Act 1981

Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of her powers under the above Acts, on 30 June 2025 confirmed, with modifications, The Oxfordshire County Council (Didcot Garden Town Highways Infrastructure – A4130 Improvement (Milton Gate to Collett Roundabout), A4197 Didcot to Culham Link Road, and A415 Clifton Hampden Bypass) Compulsory Purchase Order 2022, submitted by Oxfordshire County Council.

The Order as confirmed provides for the purchase for the purposes of –

(1) the improvement of the A4130 Principal Road –

(a) from a point approximately 38 metres south west of its junction with Milton Gate, generally eastwards, to and including a new roundabout junction to be located to the east of the junction of the A4130 Principal Road with the private access track, known as former Backhill Lane, then generally eastwards, to and including a new roundabout junction to be located some 142 metres east of the junction of the A4130 Principal Road with Bridleway 423/120 (Western Valley/Cow Lane), then generally eastwards for 200 metres, to a point 160 metres east of the proposed A4130 roundabout; and

(b) from a point approximately 110 metres north of its roundabout junction with Hawksworth, north eastwards to and including an enlarged roundabout junction with Collett, then eastwards for a distance of approximately 193 metres to the west side of the Cherwell Valley Railway Line corridor at Didcot North Junction;

(2) the construction of a highway, as the proposed A4130 Principal Road, from a point on the existing A4130 Principal Road at its proposed roundabout junction to be located some 142 metres east of the junction of the A4130 Principal Road with Bridleway 423/120 (Western Valley/Cow Lane), generally south eastwards, for a distance of 260 metres to and including a new roundabout junction, to be known as the A4130 Science Bridge Roundabout, then north eastwards, crossing over the A4130 Principal Road, Great Western Railway Line and the Classified Unnumbered Milton Road on bridge, then north eastwards, to junction with the A4130 Principal Road, approximately 70 metres north of the A4130 roundabout junction;

(3) the construction of a highway, as the A4197 Principal Road, from its junction with the A4130 enlarged roundabout junction with Collett, northwards, crossing over a private Railway Line, known as the Power Station Sidings, then to the general north-northwest, and including a new roundabout junction, then north-westwards, passing to the west of Appleford, to and including a new roundabout junction with the B4016 on the south side of the River Thames, then northwards and outwards, crossing the River Thames on bridge, then continuing in a northbound dual junction, just to the west of the Clifton Hampden Roundabout junction.

(4) the improvement of the A415 Abingdon Road Principal Road from a point approximately 392 metres west of its junction with the private access track to the agricultural outbuildings of Zouch Farm, eastwards to and including a new Abingdon Roundabout junction, located just to the north west of the aforementioned access track, then eastwards to a point approximately 250 metres east of its bridge crossing over the Cherwell Valley Railway Line at Culham Station;

(5) the construction of a highway, as the A415 Clifton Hampden Bypass, from a point on the A415 Abingdon Road approximately 250 metres east of its bridge crossing over the Cherwell Valley Railway Line at Culham Station, eastwards to and including a new roundabout junction lying to the south east of Culham No 1 Site and to the south west of Culham Science Centre, then north eastwards, passing on the north west side of Fullamoor Farm (Agricultural Unit) and Culham Sewage Treatment Works, then north eastwards, passing to the north west and north of Clifton Hampden, to its junction with the B4015 (Oxford Road), at a point approximately 320 metres north its junction with the Private Access Track to Home Farm House and Fig Tree Barn, at Clifton Hampden;

(6) the construction of highways, the improvement of highways, and the provision of new means of access to premises in pursuance of The Oxfordshire County Council (Didcot Garden Town Highways Infrastructure – A4130 Improvement (Milton Gate to Collett Roundabout), A4197 Didcot to Culham Link Road, and A415 Clifton Hampden Bypass) (Side Roads) Order 2022;

(7) the carrying out of works on watercourses, including the diversion of non-navigable watercourses, in connection with the construction and improvement of highways and the provision of new means of access to premises as aforesaid;

(8) use by the acquiring authority in connection with the construction and improvement of highways and the provision of new means of access to premises as aforesaid;

(9) the improvement or development of frontages to the above-mentioned new and existing highways or of the land adjoining or adjacent thereto; and

(10) mitigating the adverse effect which the existence or use of the highways to be constructed or improved will have on the surroundings thereof.

A copy of the Order as confirmed by the Secretary of State for Transport and of the Order Map (Sheets 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 134, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19) referred to therein, have been deposited and may be seen at:

Oxfordshire County Council, County Hall, Oxford OX1 1ND (Monday - Thursday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm; and Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm)

Didcot Library, 197 Broadway, Didcot OX11 8RU (Monday 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm; Tuesday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm; Wednesday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm; Thursday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm; Friday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm; and Saturday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm)

Abingdon Library, The Charter, Abingdon OX14 3LY (Monday-Wednesday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm; Thursday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm; Friday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm; and Saturday - 9.00 am - 4.30 pm)

Berinsfield Library, Green Furlong, Berinsfield OX10 7NR (Tuesday - Wednesday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm; Thursday 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm; Friday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm; and Saturday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm)

In addition, a copy of the Order and its Order Map (Sheets 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 134, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19) have been made available on the Council’s website at:

https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-and-travel/roadworks/major-infrastructure-projects/didcot-and-surrounding-area-infrastructure-improvements-and-soe-didcot

The Order as confirmed becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published. A person aggrieved by the Order may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks from that date, challenge its validity under section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. The grounds for challenge can be that the authorisation granted by the Order is not empowered to be granted or that there has been a failure to comply with any relevant statutory requirement relating to the Order.

Once the Order becomes operative, Oxfordshire County Council may acquire any of the land described in Schedule 1 below by executing a general vesting declaration under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981. A statement of the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of that Act is set out in Schedule 2 below.

Every person who, if a general vesting declaration were executed under section 4 of that Act in respect of the land comprised in the Order (other than land in respect of which notice to treat has been given), would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of any such land, is invited to give information to Oxfordshire County Council, via their agents Gateley Hamer Limited, at Steve Moon, Senior Associate, Gateley Hamer Limited, Ship Canal House, 98 King Street, Manchester M2 4WU, or by email to Steve.Moon@ gateleyhamer.com about the person’s name, address and interest in land, using a prescribed form. The relevant prescribed form is set out in Schedule 3 below.

SCHEDULE 1

LAND AND THE NEW RIGHTS COMPRISED IN THE ORDER AS CONFIRMED

The total area of land which is to be acquired, or land over which rights are to be acquired, is 133.0289 hectares.

THE LAND to be compulsorily acquired, comprising 130.0915 hectares, is described in the Schedule to the Order and is shown coloured pink on the associated Order Map (Sheets 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13A, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19).

The land corridor is approximately 11 kilometres in length, from just south west of the junction of the A4130 Principal Road with Milton Gate, in the south, to a point on the B4015 Oxford Road 320 metres north east of its junction with the Private Access Road to Home Farm House and Fig Tree Barn, Clifton Hampden, in the north. It follows the general route of the new improved and new Classified Roads described in paragraph 1 (1) - (5) above and also includes such lands as set out in Schedule 1 below:

A4130 Improvement and new A4130 Length

(a) Land at the A4130 Principal Road, from just south west of its junction with Milton Gate, to west of the junction of the A4130 with Sir Frank Williams Avenue, and lying to the south of the Great Western Railway Line corridor and the site of the former Didcot A Power Station.

(b) Agricultural land/prospective development land, lying to the south of the A4130 Principal Road and the Milton Park Business, Science and Technology Park, together with crossing private access tracks (former Backhill Lane, Backhill Lane, and other access tracks, and Meadow Lane) and lengths of Footpath 299/10/20 (Milton (Abingdon)), Footpath 423/3/10 (Western Valley), and Bridleway 423/1/20 (Western Valley/Cow Lane, and of Sir Frank Williams Avenue.

(c) A length of the Private Road to Didcot B Power Station and the site of former Didcot A Power Station, which extends north westwards from its junction with the Classified Unnumbered Milton Road.

(d) Land of the site of the former Didcot A Power Station/ development land, lying to the north of the Classified Unnumbered Milton Road and the Great Western Railway Line corridor.

(e) Land of the RWE Generation UK Ltd car park, private access roads Purchas Road and Chimney Road and of other crossing access tracks, site outbuildings, and other site attenuation ponds, at the eastern part of the site of the former Didcot A Power Station, lying to the north west and north of the Trident Business Park and to the north west of the A4130 and its roundabout junction with Hawksworth.

(f) Land of the A4130 Principal Road, from and including its roundabout junction with Hawksworth, north eastwards, then eastwards, to and including its roundabout junction with Collett, then eastwards to the west side of the Cherwell Valley Railway Line at Didcot North Junction.

(g) Land comprising a length of Bridleway 373/2/44/0 (Sutton Courtenay) and National Cycle Network 5 route, extending northwards and north-eastwards, between its roundabout junction with Hawksworth and its roundabout junction with Collett and its junction with the A4130/Hawksworth roundabout.

(h) Land of the highway Collett, on the south side of the A4130 Principal Road.

(i) Agricultural land, lying to the north west and north of the A4130 Principal Road, between its roundabout junction with Hawksworth and its roundabout junction with Collett and north eastwards to the roundabout junction with Collett Road, to the east of the A4130 roundabout junction with Collett Road and to the west of the Cherwell Valley Railway Line at Didcot North Junction.

New A4197 Didcot to Culham Link Road

(a) Land comprising the whole of Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford), from its junction with the A4130 Principal Road Collett roundabout, northwards to its junction with Restricted Byway 106/4/10 (Appleford) just west of the Cherwell Valley Railway Line at Appleford Level Crossing.

(b) Land of a co-existent private access road, with Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford) mentioned in (a) above, between Collett roundabout and the junction with Restricted Byway 106/4/10 (Appleford); of two lengths of an easterly lying private access road (haul road), extending off the eastern side of the main private access road/co-existent Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford), at points near the site of the A4130 Collett roundabout junction, and just to the north of Hartwright House and its fishing pond; of another length of private access road, which runs north westwards, co-existent with Restricted Byway 106/4/10 (Appleford), from the western side of the Cherwell Valley Railway Line at Appleford Level Crossing to a point lying to the south east of the FCC Environment Waste Transfer Station; and of a length of private access road, which lies to the west of Level Crossing Cottage.

(c) Agricultural land, lying to the east and west of Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford) and its co-existent private access road.

(d) Residential curtilage, garden, and private driveway, at Hill Farm Cottage, lying to the west of Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford) and its co-existent private access road.

(e) Land comprising a length of an easterly lying private access road/Haul Road, lying at the south east corner of the site of the former J James Ltd Pallets & Wood Recycling site.

(f) Land of the site of the former J James Ltd Pallets & Wood Recycling site, lying to the east of Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford) and its co-existent private access road.

(g) Land comprising western and northern curtilage of cleared site of commercial/industrial buildings, lying to the east of Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford) and its co-existent private access road and to the south of Hartwright House.

(h) Land comprising grassland and scrubland, lying to the west of a westerly lying private access road/co-existent length of Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford), lying to the north of the northern curtilage boundary of Hill Farm Cottage and extending northwards from the former J James Ltd Pallets & Wood Recycling site to Hartwright House.

(i) Agricultural land, lying to the east of an easterly lying private access road/Haul Road and to the south of a large agricultural pond lying to the north of the southern end of Hartwright House fishing pond.

(j) Land comprising the eastern curtilage of a disused quarry/restored after use landfill site, to the east of Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford)/co-existent private access road, lying to the west and north of Hartwright House.

(k) Agricultural land, of the former J James Ltd Pallets & Wood Recycling site, lying to the east of the southern end of Hartwright House fishing pond, lying to the east of Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford)/co-existent private access road and lying to the north of Hartwright House.

(l) Land comprising the southern, eastern, western and northern grassland and scrubland, lying to the east and north of, or disused quarry/restored after use landfill site, and including the central attenuation basin; and the northern land which lies to the south of Restricted Byway 106/4/10 (Appleford) and a co-existent private access road (haul road), and Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford)/co-existent private access road.

(m) Land comprising the eastern grassland and scrubland curtilage of disused quarry/restored after use landfill site, lying to the south east of the FCC Environment Waste Transfer Station, to the south of Restricted Byway 106/4/10 (Appleford) and a co-existent private access road and to the west of the main body of water of the site’s large balancing pond.

(n) Agricultural land and part north east corner of agricultural field and attenuation pond, lying to the north east of Hartwright House and to the east of the northern end of its fishing pond.

(o) Land comprising grassland and scrubland, lying to the east of Bridleway 106/3/10 (Appleford)/co-existent private access road and to the south and east of Level Crossing Cottage.

(p) Grassland, scrubland, woodland and partial drainage attenuation pond, lying to the north of Restricted Byway 106/4/10 (Appleford) and a co-existent private access road and to the south and west of the Appleford Sidings Private Railway Line and to the west of the Cherwell Valley Railway Line.

(q) Land comprising woodland, agricultural land and woodland intersecting hedgerows, (known as the Ninety Acre field), and of an easterly outer field access track, lying to the north of the Appleford Sidings Private Railway Line corridor and to the south of the B4016 and Footpath 106/8/10 (Appleford).

(r) Land comprising frontage shrubland, lying to the north of the B4016 and to the south of a water attenuation pond, situated to the west of Bridge Farm House, Bridge House and the Cherwell Valley Railway Line at Appleford Station.

(s) Land comprising lengths and part widths of the B4016, and of lengths of Footpaths 106/8/10 (Appleford) and Footpath 373/1/25/0 (Sutton Courtenay), and the whole of Footpath 373/1/31/0 (Sutton Courtenay), as lies to the west and north west of Appleford and Bridge Farm House, Appleford.

(t) Agricultural land, lying to the west and south of the B4016 (and to the east of the private access road which leads southwards off the B4016 to the site of the former Didcot A Power Station), Sutton Courtenay.

(u) Land of a site of excavated gravel and sand workings and derelict and overgrown carried electricity lines, lying to the north of the B4016, to the east of the private access track leading to the Pump House on the south side of the River Thames, and to the south of the River Thames, Sutton Courtenay.

(v) Land comprising scrubland, shrubland and tree planted land of Zouch Farm and of site of high top pylon and overhead carried electricity lines in the length of Footpath 183/11/80 (Culham) known as the Thames Path, lying to the immediate north of the River Thames, and agricultural land corridor of Zouch Farm leading northwards to the south side of the A415 Abingdon Road and lying on the west side of the Zouch Farm Barn and outbuildings, Culham.

A415 Improvement and new A415 Clifton Hampden Bypass

(a) Land comprising a length of the A415 Abingdon Road, from a point approximately 392 metres west of the private access track leading southwards off the A415 to the agricultural land, Farm Barn and outbuildings of Zouch Farm, eastwards to a point at the eastern curtilage of North Cottage and the western side of the Private Access Track to Fullamoor Farm (Agricultural Unit), Clifton Hampden.

(b) Agricultural/arable land, lying to the north of the A415 Abingdon Road and to the north west, north and north east of the junction of the A415 with the Access Track running southwards to Zouch Farm Barn and outbuildings.

(c) Agricultural land, and westerly terminal length of private access track, lying to the north of the A415 Abingdon Road and to the west of the westerly arm of the Station Road highway which lies to the west of the Cherwell Valley Railway Line at Culham Station.

(d) Land of the southern frontage of Culham No 1 Site, lying to the north of the A415 Abingdon Road, and of lengths of private access road leading to Culham No 1 Site off Station Road or as an internal cul-de-sac private access road within the Culham No 1 Site, terminating at the boundary of Station Road.

(e) Land comprising the southern grassed and woodland planted frontage of the Culham Science Centre and of lengths of the main private access road to the Centre, Main Avenue, off the A415; of lengths of private access roads leading westwards and eastwards off Main Avenue, including the whole length of the cul-de-sac length of the Thame Lane private access road which extends north eastwards off Main Avenue; and of traverse-lengths of cyclist/pedestrian private access tracks crossing the southern frontage and leading into the Culham Science Centre off the A415.

(f) Land of contiguous grassland (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)), lying to the south east of the private access road known as Thame Lane and the Culham Science Centre and to the north west of 3 and 4 Fullamoor Cottages, Clifton Hampden.

(g) Agricultural/Arable land, lying to the north of the A415 Abingdon Road, to the south east of the private access road known as Thame Lane and the Culham Science Centre, and to the south west of the private access road to Culham Sewage Treatment Works, and of a length of the private access track comprising the access road leading from the main access road to the Fullamoor Farm (Agricultural Unit).

(h) Land comprising the north west frontage of the Culham Sewage Treatment Works and of the private access track leading off Thame Lane private access road to the Treatment Works.

(i) Land comprising shrubland, agricultural/arable land storage barns and a hardstanding, redundant access track off Thame Lane, to the south of Culham Sewage Treatment Works and buildings, and arable land, lying to the south east of Thame Lane private access road and to the north of the A415 Abingdon Road, and south eastwards to the west of Footpath 171/1/10 (Clifton Hampden), and Culham Science Centre.

(j) Land comprising arable land and a length of Footpath 171/1/10/10 (Clifton Hampden), lying to the east of Culham Science Centre and the fenced periphery private access road known as Thame Lane, to the north of the A415 Abingdon Road, and to the north west of Clifton Hampden village.

(k) Land comprising arable land, lying to the north of the B4015 Oxford Road and to the north and north west of Home Farm House, and of lengths of traversing Footpaths 171/5/10 (Clifton Hampden), 171/3/30 (Clifton Hampden), 171/3/20 (Clifton Hampden), and the whole of Footpath 171/5/10 (Clifton Hampden), Clifton Hampden.

(l) Land comprising a length of the B4015 Oxford Road, from a point at the junction with Footpath 171/4/10 (Clifton Hampden), northwards, then north eastwards to a point approximately 240 metres north east of the junction of the B4015 with the private access road to The Coppice and The Old Stables, Clifton Hampden.

(m) Land comprising part of woodland planted frontage and part access road, at the junction of the B4015 Oxford Road with the private access road to The Coppice and The Old Stables, Clifton Hampden.

THE NEW RIGHTS to be compulsorily acquired, over 2.9374 hectares of land, are described in the Schedule to the Order and shown coloured blue on the associated Order Map (Sheets 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13). They are sought over the access road to Milton Heights Service Station; the access road to the Premier Inn – Oxford South (Didcot) and The Applecart Beefeater car park (Sheet 1); over the Classified Unnumbered Milton Road, just to the south west of the A4130 roundabout off Milton Road to the Didcot B Power Station and the site of the former Didcot A Power Station (Sheet 4); over land lying to the south of Hartwright House, to the north east of a drainage ditch, lying to the north east of Hartwright House and of the north east corner of an agricultural attenuation pond; and of the north east earth corner of an agricultural attenuation pond, to the north east of Hartwright House (Sheet 9); over land of the Appleford Sidings Private Railway corridor, and of woodland lying to the south thereof lying to the east of and including a length of a field access track, and of a length of an easterly lying field track corridor, lying to the north of the Appleford Sidings Private Railway corridor, to the south of the B4016 and to the east of the Cherwell Valley Railway Line (Sheet 10); land to the south of the B4016, just west of Bridge Farm House and Bridge House (Sheet 11); land lying to the south of the B4016, opposite the junction of the B4016 with Footpath 373/1/25/0 (Sutton Courtenay) (Sheet 12); and over land to the north and north east of Home Farm House, lying to the south of Footpath 171/1/10 (Clifton Hampden) and to the west of Footpath 171/5/10 (Clifton Hampden) (Sheet 13). The rights include one or more of the rights listed below, not all of which relate to each particular area of the aforementioned land –