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Swanston House High Street Whitchurch On Thames RG8 7ER

P24/S2238/NMOther (Non Mat'l Amendment)Refused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 26 July 2024

Council decision: Rejected

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

Proposal

Non material amendment to P23/S1017/HH (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) - to alter the proposed extension on the front elevation by making the proposed gable roof line slightly wider and lower than what's been approved. Existing front porch/doorway and ground floor window repositioned and proposed additional window removed.

Received
12 July 2024
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Aug
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Swanston House High Street Whitchurch On Thames RG8 7ER. South Oxfordshire has handled 642 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitchurch conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,683 applications in total for the RG8 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
Other (Non Mat'l Amendment)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2024
Target decision date
9 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    12 Jul

    Non material amendment to P23/S1017/HH

    This applicationRefusedNon-material amendmentP24/S2238/NM
  2. 2023
    17 Mar

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

    ApprovedHouseholderPart ofP23/S1017/HH

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