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Councils urged to quit after High Court defeat
30/11/17
TWO councils have been urged to give up the fight after losing their latest bid to prevent 95 homes from being built on land between Henley and Shiplake. A High Court judge has once again refused to review a planning inspector’s decision to allow ...
Another appeal in Thames Farm saga
08/12/17
A FIGHT to prevent 95 homes being built on land between Henley and Shiplake has been escalated to the second-highest court in the country. South Oxfordshire District Council, the planning authority, is to ask the Court of Appeal to overturn a ...
Amenity group joins calls for legal challenge to Thames Farm decision
31/08/17
THE Henley Society is backing calls for a legal challenge to be made to the approval of plans for 95 homes at Thames Farm, near Shiplake. The civic group says the decision could lead to housing being permitted on other sites not earmarked ...
Developer wins final court battle over Thames Farm
12/03/18
A LAST-DITCH bid to stop 95 homes being built on a field between Henley and Shiplake has failed. South Oxfordshire District Council has had to abandon its fight against the development at Thames Farm, off Reading Road, after being denied ...
Thames Farm is 'best place' for new homes, inquiry told
17/06/17
THAMES Farm is the best possible place for housing, an inquiry heard. Owner Claire Engbers wants to build 95 homes on the site, which lies between Henley and Shiplake, off the A4155 Reading Road. An outline planning application was ...
Thames Farm homes agreed
03/08/17
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build scores of new homes on farmland near Henley have been approved after more than four years of legal wrangling. Claire Engbers has been awarded planning permission to build 95 houses at Thames Farm, a ...
Thames Farm housing challenge denied
06/11/17
A LEGAL bid to prevent 95 homes being built on land between Shiplake and Henley has failed. The High Court has refused to review a planning inspector's decision to allow Claire Engbers, the owner of Thames Farm off Reading ...
Thames Farm homes 'should be approved'
12/05/17
PLANS to convert a barn on the outskirts of Shiplake into four homes have been recommended for approval. South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning officers say the scheme at Thames Farm, off the A4155 Reading Road, ...
Villagers continue to oppose 95 homes
14/08/17
RESIDENTS of Shiplake are continuing to fight the development of 95 homes at Thames Farm. Villager Richard Verrall has launched a petition calling on South Oxfordshire District Council to mount a legal challenge after ...
Developer looks to cut homes at farm
02/09/24
A DEVELOPER which wants to build over an aquifer that supplies drinking water to Henley and Shiplake wants to reduce the number of homes on the site. Taylor Wimpey has already been granted planning permission for 95 ...
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