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Russells Water Farm & The Lookout, Russells Water, RG9 6EU

P24/S3769/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 20 August 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission is Granted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of two dwellings (Russells Water and The Lookout) and associated outbuildings; and the replacement with a 4-bedroom self-build dwelling, integrated garage, outside swimming pool and landscaping enhancements (site area, dwelling and amount of glazing reduced and ecological and arboricultural information and energy and planning statements updated as shown on documents received 25th March 2025 and self-build added to application form, revised biodiversity metric and site area reduced as shown on updated documents received 9th June 2025).

Submitted
27 November 2024
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 266 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Russells Water Farm & The Lookout, Russells Water, RG9 6EU. South Oxfordshire has handled 227 applications of this type. This one was decided in 266 days, 30 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,428 applications in total for the RG9 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
RG9 6EU
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    24 Mar

    Variation of Conditions 2(approved plans), 5(materials schedule), 6(glazing), 11(landscaping), 13(drainage)…

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)P26/S0925/S73
  2. 2024
    27 Nov

    Demolition of two dwellings (Russells Water and The Lookout) and associated outbuildings; and the replacement…

    This applicationApprovedFull ApplicationP24/S3769/FUL

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