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15 Dorchester Place Thame OX9 2DL

P25/S1692/N5DOther (PD Class E to C3)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 July 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval not required

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

Proposal

Change of use of 15 Dorchester Place from the existing commercial use to form three apartments, with a one bedroom / one bedspace apartment at ground floor level with, at first floor level, two apartments comprising a one bedroom / two bedspace unit, and a two bedroom / three bedspace unit. As shown, no external alterations are required to facilitate the change of use.

Received
1 June 2025
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 15 Dorchester Place Thame OX9 2DL. South Oxfordshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Thame conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 422 applications in total for the OX9 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
OX9 2DL
Application type
Other (PD Class E to C3)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2025
Target decision date
28 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
12

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: Thame
  • 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, 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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