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34 Upper High Street Thame OX9 2DN

P25/S2722/LBOther (Listed Bldg. Consent)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 21 November 2025

Council decision: Refusal of Listed Building Consent1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

The erection of a two storey extension to accommodate a residential dwelling connected to the existing building, and the change of use of part of the existing listed building from one residential dwelling in connection with the proposed extension (Alternative to P23/S2462/FUL & P23/S2463/LB).

Received
29 August 2025
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 34 Upper High Street Thame OX9 2DN. South Oxfordshire has handled 815 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Thame conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 422 applications in total for the OX9 postcode area.

94% of heritage 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. The proposed works would result in a minor adverse impact resulting in a low level of harm to the setting of the listed building which would not be outweighed by public benefit. As such the proposed development would not accord with the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, section 16, the National Planning Policy Framework and Policies ENV6 and ENV7 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OX9 2DN
Application type
Other (Listed Bldg. Consent)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Consultation expiry
9 October 2025
Consultation start
9 September 2025
Consultation end
9 October 2025
Target decision date
24 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, 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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