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Merton House 65 Bell Street Henley-on-Thames RG9 2BD

P26/S0113/HHOther (Householder)Approved
Householder

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission7 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing greenhouse and stores within curtilage of existing dwellinghouse and erection of a linked single storey residential lodge for ancillary use purposes (resubmission)

Received
15 January 2026
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Merton House 65 Bell Street Henley-on-Thames RG9 2BD. South Oxfordshire has handled 3,382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Henley, Main conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,428 applications in total for the RG9 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
RG9 2BD
Application type
Other (Householder)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
20 February 2026
Consultation start
21 January 2026
Consultation end
20 February 2026
Target decision date
12 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
25

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: Henley, Main
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Bear Public HouseOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Jan

    Demolition of existing greenhouse and stores within curtilage of existing dwellinghouse and erection of a…

    This applicationApprovedHouseholderP26/S0113/HH
  2. 2026
    8 Jan

    Discharge of condition(s) 6 PART (WSI - Archaeological) on application reference P23/S1489/HH

    Partially DischargedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideP26/S0049/DIS

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