Great Western Park, a 3,300-home estate is due to be finished in 2026 and was initially granted planning permission in 2008, with a new GP surgery included. 

Planning consent for the site has already been secured but there have been constant delays.

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Last month, it emerged that negotiations with a developer had collapsed, more than a decade after work had been due to start.

Didcot county councillor Ian Snowdon then launched a petition calling for urgent action, and it has now received more than 1,800 signatures online.

Now he has pointed out that if the health centre is not built by a certain date, a developer contribution of about £790,000 from house builder Taylor Wimpey would be lost.

He added: “There’s a legal agreement between Taylor Wimpey and Vale of White Horse District Council that if the council has not granted a lease of the healthcare site to ‘a person that has the intention of providing the healthcare facilities’ by October 2027, then the funds will have to be returned to Taylor Wimpey.

“It looks like the council will have to get another deed drawn up to backdate this agreement, otherwise the funding – which will go towards the construction of the new health centre – could be lost.

“The whole town needs proper progress on this in 2026. Didcot is lacking in healthcare facilities while thousands of new homes are being built. There’s no reason why it shouldn’t have a minor injuries unit as well.”

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Responding to those who signed the petition, Mr Snowdon thanked everyone who has “signed and shared”.

“This incredible response shows just how strongly our community feels about the urgent need for a new GP surgery,” he wrote.

Great Western Park in Didcot (Image: Oxford Mail)

“For over a decade, residents have been promised the health infrastructure to match Didcot and Oxfordshire’s growth. The land is there, the funding was there, planning permission is there and yet still no surgery.

“This petition is about patients, families, and access to local healthcare. The message is clear: we need action, not more delays.”

Didcot and Wantage MP Olly Glover at the health centre site (Image: Olly Glover)

The petition is being submitted to the county council health overview and scrutiny committee, the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB), the Secretary of State for Health and other bodies responsible for health infrastructure delivery.

The petition calls for a binding timetable and delivery commitment from the ICB and urgent interim GP capacity measures such as temporary clinical space, additional staff, or expanded appointment capacity.

Last month it emerged that the Integrated care board (ICB) for Oxfordshire, working with NHS England, concluded the latest proposals for the health centre did not offer value for money and said it would be looking for an alternative partner for the project.

Didcot and Wantage MP Olly Glover has urged Health Secretary Wes Streeting to “unblock” the new surgery.

Valley Park in the town is now under construction, adding another 4,000 homes.