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Phase 1 Widmore Park Sonning Common

P26/S0595/NMOther (Non Mat'l Amendment)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: Agreed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non-Material Amendment to P22/S3921/S73 to replace some of the previously approved plans. 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
25 February 2026
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Phase 1 Widmore Park Sonning Common. South Oxfordshire has handled 642 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

88% of amendment 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 (Non Mat'l Amendment)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
133

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Target decision date
25 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
34

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

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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