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Hawthornden House Elmhurst Walk Goring RG8 9DE

P25/S3934/HHOther (Householder)Approved
Householder

Approved on 23 January 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission3 conditions

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

Proposal

Install solar panels on the existing roof. Convert existing loft space into a habitable room on the second floor. Reconfigure first floor: existing family bathroom to form a new ensuite and separate family bathroom. Replace existing doors and windows in the dining room with period-style French windows.

Received
9 December 2025
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Jan
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Hawthornden House Elmhurst Walk Goring RG8 9DE. South Oxfordshire has handled 3,382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Goring conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,683 applications in total for the RG8 postcode area.

96% 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
RG8 9DE
Application type
Other (Householder)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2025
Consultation expiry
22 January 2026
Consultation start
23 December 2025
Consultation end
22 January 2026
Target decision date
12 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
22

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: Goring 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.

Source: South Oxfordshire

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