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Widmore Park (formerly Little Sparrows) Blounts Court Road Sonning Common

P26/S0469/DISOther (Discharge Conditions)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 April 2026

Council decision: Discharge Details Agreed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Discharge of conditions 17 (Energy Statement) and 23 (Ground Investigation) on planning application P22/S3921/S73 (Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) on application P19/S4576/O for the addition of solar panels and minor alterations to the substation. (Hybrid planning application for the development of a continuing care retirement community care village (Use Class C2) of up to 133 units with ancillary Communal and care facilities and green space consisting of (i) A full planning application for 73 assisted living units within a "village core" building with ancillary communal and care facilities, gardens, green space, landscaping and car parking areas and residential blocks B1- B4; and (ii) An outline application (all matters reserved except access) for up to 60 assisted living units with ancillary community space, gardens, green space and landscaping and car parking areas at Little Sparrows, Sonning Common))

Received
16 February 2026
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Widmore Park (formerly Little Sparrows) Blounts Court Road Sonning Common. South Oxfordshire has handled 1,256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

91% of conditions 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

Application type
Other (Discharge Conditions)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
133

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Target decision date
13 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    25 Feb

    Non-Material Amendment to P22/S3921/S73

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP26/S0595/NM
  2. 2026
    16 Feb

    Discharge of conditions 17 (Energy Statement) and 23 (Ground Investigation) on planning application…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsP26/S0469/DIS
  3. 2025
    17 Nov

    Discharge of condition 26 (Construction Method Statement) on the application ref. P22/S3921/S73

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP25/S3633/DIS
  4. 2022
    27 Oct

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) on application P19/S4576/O

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part ofP22/S3921/S73
  5. 2019
    23 Dec

    Hybrid planning application for the development of a continuing care retirement community care village of up…

    RefusedOutline Planning ApplicationPart ofP19/S4576/O

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