Phyllis Court Club, Phyllis Court Drive, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2HT Data via plota.co.uk

P25/S3926/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Proposed extension of the existing spa and fitness centre. (Amended site boundary plan and ecological information received 12 March 2026). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Dec 2025
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Validated
22 Dec 2025
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Approved
8 Apr 2026

Approved on 8 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 9

Registered park or garden about 28 m away: Fawley Court and Temple Island
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape about 27 m away: Chilterns
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Also on the record
Conservation area about 28 m away: Henley, Main; Radon affected area, class 3; Heritage at risk about 28 m away: Fawley Court and Temple Island; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Henley-on-Thames built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
RG9 2HT
Received
9 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Dec 2025
Case officer
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Target decision
8 Apr 2026
Decision
Planning Permission is Granted
Decision date
8 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Baca Architects Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 107 days from validation, 28 days slower than South Oxfordshire's median of 79 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

33%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by South Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Oxfordshire decision record →

Public comments

7comments received
7 neutral

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
5 Jan 2026
Comments by
6 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Apr 2026
South Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.6/10
Good
#39 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #89 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Oxfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #47 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #23 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #89 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #105 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
163 decided (1-9 homes)
56%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,529
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026