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Swanston West, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, Reading, RG8 7ER

P26/S1609/HHOther DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission is Granted4 conditions

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

Proposal

House: Proposed front extension, insertion of new windows to first floor side elevation and rooflights to main house. Roof: Retiling of main house roof with tiles to match, replacement double glazed windows to main house. Garage: Demolition of existing conservatory, construction of new pitched roof extension for home gym and raising of existing roof to enable home office in roof space.

Received
4 June 2026
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Swanston West High Street Whitchurch On Thames Reading RG8 7ER. South Oxfordshire has handled 444 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitchurch conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,683 applications in total for the RG8 postcode area.

97% of other development 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 7ER
Application type
Other Development

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
GAVIN PEARCE ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Victoria Clarke

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: Whitchurch 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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