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Bishopswood Farm, Reades Lane, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9DR

P24/S1051/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 25 October 2024

Council decision: Planning Permission is Granted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of seven dwellings with parking, amenity space and new pedestrian link into Sonning Common. Removal of existing steel framed Dutch barn and cattle barn and re-use of former pole barn for domestic storage in association with the proposed dwellings (reduction in height and additional information in relation to ecology, waste management and carbon reduction, as shown on amended documents received 15th July 2024 and additional information in relation to drainage received 9th September 2024).

Submitted
27 March 2024
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Oct

Decided in 212 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Bishopswood Farm, Reades Lane, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9DR. South Oxfordshire has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 212 days, 22 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 822 applications in total for the RG4 postcode area.

93% 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
RG4 9DR
Application type
Full Application

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

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  3. 2024
    27 Mar

    Erection of seven dwellings with parking, amenity space and new pedestrian link into Sonning Common. Removal…

    This applicationApprovedFull ApplicationP24/S1051/FUL

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