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The Mount Rotherfield Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1NR

P23/S4036/FULMinor (Full Application)Refused
Full

Refused on 16 December 2024

Council decision: Refusal of Planning Permission1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of existing house and associated outbuildings and structures and redevelopment to provide two dwellings with associated access, hard and soft landscaping and other infrastructure (DLL certificate received 1 February 2024 and Plot 2 repositioned and redesigned, waste storage point added, updated landscape assessment and additional heritage assessment as shown on amended documents received 19 July 2024 and amended site plan to show Plot 1 bin presentation received 20th August 2024 and revised biodiversity metric received 8th October 2024).

Received
27 November 2023
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Aug
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 381 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Mount Rotherfield Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1NR. South Oxfordshire has handled 3,382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 385 days, 47 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,428 applications in total for the RG9 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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Why it was refused

  1. Due to its bulk, scale, siting and massing, this development would have an urbanising effect on the landscape setting of the Chilterns National Landscape and would fail to conserve and enhance its landscape and scenic beauty. As such, the proposal would be contrary to Policies ENV1, DES1 and DES2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035, Policy SD3 of the Joint Henley and Harpsden Neighbourhood Plan, and advice contained within paragraph 189 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RG9 1NR
Application type
Minor (Full Application)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2023
Consultation expiry
5 August 2024
Consultation start
13 December 2023
Consultation end
5 August 2024
Target decision date
30 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
151 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Appeal history

3366842
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 5 November 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
68

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, National Landscapes, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Oxfordshire

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