Planning application submitted for Haseley Trading Estate vehicle depot
Published: 22 June 2025
The 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 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 in a public meeting of the council’s Planning committee. The comments made during the planning application consultation will be presented as part of the report being considered at that committee meeting and there will be an opportunity for public speaking at the committee meeting.