Sports Pavilion, Road Running Ne From The Rectory To Whitehall Lane, Checkendon, Reading Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S3979/FUL - Full Application Consultation Period

Proposal

Reconstruction and extension of existing Sports Pavilion building. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 02:41

Application progress

✓

Received

7 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

17 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 12 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 11 Nov 2026 and 20 Nov 2026, from South Oxfordshire's recent commercial and major works.

Comments are open until 19 Oct 2026

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Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data Application - Application Form · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 8

Chilterns National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

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.

Ancient woodland about 7 m away: Neals/Charterfield Woods

Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

Public footpath about 17 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 7 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Checkendon built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 6 October 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

Council: South Oxfordshire
Application type: Full Application
Received: 7 Sept 2026
Validated: 17 Sept 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 22 of the 56-day target. South Oxfordshire usually decides commercial and major works by day 61.

prediction

Day 2239 days to the predicted decision (day 61)

44%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

43decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by South Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Oxfordshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 6 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 21 Sept 2026
Comments by: 19 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 12 Nov 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