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The Boathouse 2 The Moorings Sheepwash Lane Whitchurch On Thames RG8 7RA

P26/S0178/FULMinor (Full Application)Approved
Full

Approved on 8 April 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission11 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing and construction of a self-build replacement boathouse incorporating a wet dock, dry boat store and workshop at ground level, with two-bedroom residential accommodation above. (As revised by plans 2026-04-01 to reduce size and extent of glazing).

Received
21 January 2026
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Boathouse 2 The Moorings Sheepwash Lane Whitchurch On Thames RG8 7RA. South Oxfordshire has handled 3,382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7RA
Application type
Minor (Full Application)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Consultation expiry
20 February 2026
Consultation start
30 January 2026
Consultation end
20 February 2026
Target decision date
8 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns

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.

Source: South Oxfordshire

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