Bridge End, Dorchester-on-Thames, Wallingford, OX10 7JR Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S3189/FUL - Full Application Under Consideration

Proposal

Conversion of outbuilding to form choral practice/meeting space. Replacement of timber store with new timber framed building to provide office and archive storage space. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
27 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 30 Oct 2026 and 11 Nov 2026, from South Oxfordshire's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 7 Oct 2026.

Site constraints 11

old plain-tile roof with brick stacks
Green belt: Oxford
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Dorchester Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Public bridleway about 9 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.
11 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Berins Moyleen, Grade II, about 36 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 9 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
old plain-tile roof with brick stacksCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 165 m away: Roman town; Inside the Dorchester (South Oxfordshire) built-up area; Flood defence about 34 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Priority habitat about 46 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

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 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
OX10 7JR
Received
27 Jul 2026
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Agent
BDM

Decision outlook

Day 54 of the 56-day target. South Oxfordshire usually decides changes of use by day 60.

Day 546 days to the predicted decision (day 60)
45%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
64decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
2 objecting

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
10 Sept 2026
Comments by
7 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
16 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Oct 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