Application registered
Consultation
period
Application under consideration
Decision
made
Description
Demolition of existing and erection of new dwelling
Location
Uplands Cottage Hardwick Road Whitchurch On Thames RG8 7HH
Grid Reference
463517/177580
Applicant
Mr & Mrs Plumb
Uplands Cottage, Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HH
Agent
Greg Farrell Building and Design
43 Wendover Way
Tilehurst
Reading
RG30 4RU
Constraints
Whitchurch Conservation Area
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.
Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.
Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
Whitchurch Parish Council
c/o Jane M. Yamamoto
11 Hillside
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch-on-Thames
RG8 7HL
15 10 2021
Forestry Officer (South and Vale)
18 10 2021
South -Highways Liaison Officer (Oxfordshire County Council)
01 10 2021
Uplands
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HH
Myrtle Cottage
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HH
Walnut Cottage
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HH
Byways
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HH
Firhill Cottage East
High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HQ
Foxglove Manor
Whitchurch Hill
Reading
RG8 7NT
20 09 2021
1 Firhill Cottages
High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HQ
Rosemary
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HH
Rosemary
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HH
Venn Cottage
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HH
Application Type
Minor
(Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received
10th September 2021
Registration Date
15th September 2021
Start Consultation Period
16th September 2021
End Consultation Period
17th October 2021
Target Decision Date
10th November 2021
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 10th November 2021
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
The proposed development would introduce a dwelling that would be significantly larger in height, width and depth than that previously granted planning permission. The increased bulk and massing would detract from the character and appearance of the locality and the setting of this part of the village within the Chilterns AONB. It would also fail to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the adjacent Whitchurch-on-Thames Conservation Area. As such, the proposal would be in conflict with the provisions of Policies DES1, DES2, ENV1, ENV6 and ENV8 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035 and advice contained within the South Oxfordshire Design Guide 2016 and the aims and objectives of the NPPF 2021.
The development to which this refusal relates has not demonstrated how the development will achieve at least a 40% reduction in carbon emissions compared with code 2013 Building Regulations. As such, the development does not comply with the requirements of Policy DES10 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035.
Updates
These Planning
Application Details were returned live from our back office database,
and as such are as up to date as when the page was retrieved.
(Show Map - opens in new window)
