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Swanston House, High Street, Whitchurch-on-Thames, RG8 7ER

P23/S1017/HHHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 24 October 2023

Council decision: Planning Permission is GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

New gable extension to front elevation, bringing front door to centre with landing window above, replacing existing 1st floor dormer window. Small single storey side extensions. Small alteration/extension with balustrade above. Glazed roof over existing loggia renovated and enlarged to extend outdoor covered seating area.

Received
17 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Agent
Createspace Design
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target25 Oct
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 216 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Swanston House, High Street, Whitchurch-on-Thames, RG8 7ER. South Oxfordshire has handled 3,382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 221 days, 24 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitchurch conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,683 applications in total for the RG8 postcode area.

96% of full applications at South Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RG8 7ER
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2023
Consultation expiry
23 April 2023
Consultation start
23 March 2023
Consultation end
23 April 2023
Target decision date
25 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Createspace Design
Architect profile
CREATESPACE DESIGN LTD

Planning decision

Statutory period
217 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whitchurch Conservation Area
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    12 Jul

    Non material amendment to P23/S1017/HH

    RefusedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP24/S2238/NM
  2. 2023
    17 Mar

    New gable extension to front elevation, bringing front door to centre with landing window above, replacing…

    This applicationApprovedHouseholderP23/S1017/HH

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