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Merrimoles Farm Highmoor Henley-on-Thames RG9 5DH

P26/S2656/3RPrior Approval - Part 3 Class RApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 August 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval AgreedNot Yet Recommended5 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of 2no. agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use falling within Class E (g) (i) and (iii)

Received
29 June 2026
Decision level
Not Yet Recommended
Agent
Raw Planning
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Merrimoles Farm Highmoor Henley-on-Thames RG9 5DH. South Oxfordshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,428 applications in total for the RG9 postcode area.

84% of outline 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 5DH
Application type
Prior Approval - Part 3 Class R
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2026
Consultation expiry
31 July 2026
Consultation start
3 July 2026
Consultation end
31 July 2026
Application expires
24 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Raw Planning

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (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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