Planning Application Details

P14/S3443/OApplication Type: Outline (Show Map - opens in new window)
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Description
Demolition of existing care home. Construction of new care home and associated works.
Location
Eastfield House Eastfield Lane Whitchurch on Thames RG8 7EJ
Grid Reference
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Applicant
Ross Healthcare Ltd
Majestic House
34 Mansfield Road
Heanor
DE75 7AQ
Agent
DWA Architects Ltd
Rievaulx House
1 St. Mary's Court
YORK
YO24 1AH
Constraints
Whitchurch Conservation Area
Case Officer
Tom Wyatt
Telephone: 01235 422600
Email: planning@southoxon.gov.uk
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.

Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.

Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
 
Conservation Officer ( South )

20 11 2014
22 12 2014
 
Countryside Officer(South Oxfordshire & Vale of White Horse)

21 11 2014
11 12 2014
 
Crime Prevention Design Adviser

21 11 2014
 
Drainage Engineer (South Oxfordshire - MONSON)

16 12 2014
09 01 2015
 
Forestry Officer (South Oxfordshire District Council)

21 11 2014
11 12 2014
 
Health & Housing - Env. Protection Team

20 11 2014
01 12 2014
 
Health & Housing - Food Safety

27 11 2014
 
Highways Liaison Officer (Oxfordshire County Council)

21 11 2014
22 12 2014
 
The Victorian Society

08 12 2014
 
Whitchurch Parish Council
c/o Ms J Welham
26 Folly Green
Woodcote
Oxfordshire
RG8 0ND
21 11 2014
08 12 2014
 
Woodlea
Hardwick Road
Whichurch-on-Thames
Reading
RG8 7HW
23 12 2014
 
1
Swanston Field
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Reading
Berkshire
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
19 12 2014
 
24 Swanston Field
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
19 12 2014
 
4 Whitchurch House
High Street
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
Oxon
RG8 7EP
19 12 2014
 
8 Swanston Field, Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HP
19 12 2014
 
Cobwebs
Whitchurch-on-Thames
RG8 7HL
19 12 2014
 
Paulet House
Goathurst
Somerset
TA5 2DE
19 12 2014
 
Tanglewood
High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7ER
20 11 2014
19 12 2014
 
Wendy Ferguson
19 12 2014
 
Whiteways, Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HW
19 12 2014
 
The Peach House
High Street
Whitchurch-on-Thames
RG8 7DB
18 12 2014
 
14 Swanston Field, Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HP
17 12 2014
 
Ash Lea, Old Gardens
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EH
17 12 2014
 
Chiltern Edge
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch on Thames
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
17 12 2014
 
7 Swanston Field
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
16 12 2014
 
Little Eastfieldas
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
16 12 2014
 
Woodlands
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Reading
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
15 12 2014
 
Eastfield Cottage
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
13 12 2014
 
Wells House
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Reading
Berkshire
RG8 7DB
20 11 2014
13 12 2014
 
Pluto House
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
12 12 2014
 
Riverdale
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch-on-Thames
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
12 12 2014
 
25 Swanston Field, Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HP
11 12 2014
 
25 Swanston Field, Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HP
11 12 2014
 
Eastfield Lodge
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch on Thames
READING
RG8 7EG
20 11 2014
11 12 2014
 
Ebony
2 Old Gardens
Whitchurch on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG87EH
11 12 2014
 
High Trees
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch on Thames
RG8 7HW
20 11 2014
11 12 2014
 
Meadowlands
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
11 12 2014
 
St Mary's House
High Street
Withchurch on Thames
RG8 7DF
11 12 2014
 
1 Whitchurch House
High Street
Whitchurch on Thames
READING
RG8 7EP
20 11 2014
10 12 2014
 
2, The Mount
Whitchurch on Thames
RG8 7HW
10 12 2014
 
23 Hillside
Hardwick Road
Whichurch on Thames
READING
RG8 7HL
10 12 2014
 
6 Swanston Field
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
10 12 2014
 
The Garden House
High Street
Whitchchurch on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG8 7ER
20 11 2014
10 12 2014
 
Walliscote Cottage, High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7DB
10 12 2014
 
Little Croft House, Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EJ
09 12 2014
 
Primrose Hill
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch
RG8 7HN
20 11 2014
09 12 2014
 
14 Swanston Field
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
08 12 2014
 
Chiltern House
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HW
20 11 2014
08 12 2014
 
Littleholme, Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EJ
08 12 2014
 
Orchard Close
High Street
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Oxfordshire
RG8 7DD
20 11 2014
08 12 2014
 
Paddock Lodge, High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EX
08 12 2014
 
Paddock Lodge, High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EX
08 12 2014
 
Riverdale, Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EJ
08 12 2014
 
Saxon Shaw
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
RG8 7EJ
08 12 2014
 
Saxon Shaw
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
08 12 2014
 
The Gables
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch on Thames
RG8 7EJ
08 12 2014
 
The Haven
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
08 12 2014
 
Walliscote Lodge
Whitchurch
Reading
RG8 7EP
20 11 2014
08 12 2014
 
Wellesley House, High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HF
08 12 2014
 
consulted by email
06 12 2014
 
2 Manor Road
Whitchurch on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG8 7EU
05 12 2014
 
Prospect House
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG8 7DB
20 11 2014
05 12 2014
 
11 Hillside
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HL
04 12 2014
 
16 Swanston Field
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
04 12 2014
 
18 Swanston Field
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
04 12 2014
 
4 Summit House Close, Woodcote
READING
RG8 0QZ
04 12 2014
 
Brookside
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
04 12 2014
 
Hawthorn Cottage, High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7DE
04 12 2014
 
Herons Reach North
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Reading
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
04 12 2014
 
John Howell OBE MP
House of Commons
London SW1A 0AA
Member of Parliament for Henley
04 12 2014
 
Swanston West, High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7ER
04 12 2014
 
The Gables
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
04 12 2014
 
Wychcotes, High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7ET
04 12 2014
 
25 Swanston Field
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
03 12 2014
 
26 Swanston Field, Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HP
03 12 2014
 
8 Hillside, Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HL
03 12 2014
 
The Hive
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch on Thames
RG8 7HW
20 11 2014
03 12 2014
 
21 Hillside
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
Oxfordshire
RG87HL
02 12 2014
 
Bay Tree, Old Gardens
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EH
02 12 2014
 
Farthings
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch on Thames
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
02 12 2014
 
Heathfield
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch
Reading
RG8 7HW
20 11 2014
02 12 2014
 
Lynches Lodge
High Street
Whitchurch on Thames
Oxon
RG8 7HF
02 12 2014
 
May Cottage
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
02 12 2014
 
Mayflower
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch on Thames
South Oxon
RG8 7EJ
02 12 2014
 
The Garden Flat
The Mount
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Reading
RG8 7HW
20 11 2014
02 12 2014
 
xx
21 11 2014
02 12 2014
 
18 Manor Road, Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EU
01 12 2014
 
20 Manor Road
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG8 7EU
20 11 2014
01 12 2014
 
4 Bridge Cottages
High Street
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG8 7DE
20 11 2014
01 12 2014
 
9 Hillside
Hardwick Rd
Whitchurch on Thames
Oxon
RG8 7HL
01 12 2014
 
xxx
01 12 2014
 
Myrtle Cottage, Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HH
30 11 2014
 
Old School House, Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HH
30 11 2014
 
xxx
30 11 2014
 
Tudor Cottage
High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
Oxfordshire
RG8 7EP
20 11 2014
27 11 2014
 
Lerryn
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
25 11 2014
 
(Chairman of the Whitchurch Society)
May Cottage
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
 
1 Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
 
1 Swanston Cottages
High Street
Whitchurch on Thames
Oxon
RG8 7ES
20 11 2014
 
12 Swanston Field
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
 
18 Hillside
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HL
20 11 2014
 
19 Swanston Field
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
 
20 Swanston Field
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Reading
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
 
21 Swanston Field
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
 
22 Swanston Field
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
rg8 7hp
20 11 2014
 
3 Swanston Field
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
 
30 Swanston Field
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
 
32 Swanston Field
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
 
8, Hillside
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HL
20 11 2014
 
9 Swanston Field
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
Oxon
RG8 7HP
20 11 2014
 
Aroona
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Reading
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
 
Ash Tree Paddock
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Oxon
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
 
Ashdown
Duchess Close
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
Oxfordshire
RG8 7EN
20 11 2014
 
Badgers Bosk
Manor Road
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
Berkshire
RG8 7EW
20 11 2014
 
Baytrees
3 Rivacres
Whitchurch Hill
READING
RG8 7QP
20 11 2014
 
Bear Cottage
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HW
20 11 2014
 
Byways
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HH
20 11 2014
 
Chiltern House
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HW
20 11 2014
 
Coombe Lodge
Hartslock Bridleway
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Reading
RG8 7QX
20 11 2014
 
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
Berks
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
 
Eastfield Lodge
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
Oxfordshire
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
 
Essendene
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HW
20 11 2014
 
George Cottage
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
Reading
Oxon
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
 
Hannington
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch-on-Thames
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
 
Mallards
High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
Oxfordshire
rg8 7ep
20 11 2014
 
Manor House
High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EX
20 11 2014
 
Mellow Walls
High Street
Whitchurch on Thames
Readng
Berks
RG8 7ER
20 11 2014
 
Pavilion Cottage
Eastfield Lane
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EJ
20 11 2014
 
Royal Oak Cottage
High Street
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7HF
20 11 2014
 
Rylands
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Oxon
RG8 7HW
20 11 2014
 
Tanglewood
High Street
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Oxfordshire
RG8 7ER
20 11 2014
 
Thames Bank Cottage
High Street
Whitchurch on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG8 7DB
20 11 2014
 
The Old Farmhouse
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch on Thames
Reading
RG8 7HN
20 11 2014
 
The Old Farmhouse
Hardwick Road
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
Oxfordshire
RG8 7HN
20 11 2014
 
The Old Forge
Duchess Close
Whitchurch On Thames
READING
RG8 7EN
20 11 2014
 
The White House Cottage
Manor Road
Whitchurch on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG8 7EW
20 11 2014
 
Wisteria House
High Street
Whitchurch-on-Thames
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG8 7ER
20 11 2014
 
via email
21 11 2014
 
via email
21 11 2014
 
xx
21 11 2014
 
xx
21 11 2014
 
xx
21 11 2014
 
xx
21 11 2014
 
xx
21 11 2014
 
xx
21 11 2014
 
xx
21 11 2014
 
consulted by email
21 11 2014
 
Application Type
Minor
         (Outline)
        
Application Progress
Date Received  
29th October 2014
Registration Date  
14th November 2014
Start Consultation Period  
14th November 2014
End Consultation Period  
19th December 2014
Target Decision Date  
9th January 2015
Decision
Refusal of Outline Planning Permission on 8th January 2015
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
Eastfield House is a substantial late Victorian house, the original part of which is of high architectural quality.  The building, particularly having regard to its front elevation, makes a positive contribution to the Whitchurch Conservation Area. The proposed demolition of the building would cause total loss of the historic fabric of this important non-designated heritage asset and would fail to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Whitchurch Conservation Area resulting in substantial harm to this designated heritage asset. There are no substantial public benefits of sufficient weight to outweigh the harm caused to the designated and non-designated heritage assets.  As such the proposal is contrary to Policies CS1, CSEN3, and CSQ3 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy and Policies G2, D1, CON6, CON7 and CF2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011 and guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

In comparison to the scheme approved under application P11/S0126, the proposed development, due to the siting, size and design of the north elevation of the development, particularly with regard to the gable would cause overlooking to neighbouring properties, most notably Tanglewood to the west.  Therefore, the proposal would be detrimental to the amenities of the occupiers of adjoining residential properties and would be contrary to Policies G6, and CF2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011 and guidance contained within the South Oxfordshire Design Guide 2008.

The application site lies close to Flood Zone 3 of the River Thames and the local area has been subject to recent ground water and sewage flooding.  Insufficient information has been submitted with the application to demonstrate that the proposal would not adversely affect flood risk in the local area.  As such the proposal is contrary to Policies EP6 and EP7 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011 and guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.
Appeal

        No appeal lodged.
        
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