Wicks House, North Green, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LQ

P25/V1678/FULFull ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 31 July 2026

Council decision: Refusal of Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Erection two detached self -build dwellings.

Received: 5 August 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Vale of White Horse District Council
Agent: Dijksman Planning (UK) LLP

ReceivedReceived5 Aug
ValidatedValidated19 Aug
Consult.Consultation8 Dec
TargetTarget Date9 Apr
DecidedDecided31 Jul

Decided in 346 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Wicks House, North Green, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LQ. Vale of White Horse has handled 3,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 360 days, 43 weeks longer than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 2,597 applications in total for the OX12 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Vale of White Horse District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

Development of the site in the form of two dwellings would encroach on paddock land, extending the built form of the village into an area of land which serves as a transition between the surrounding countryside and the built-up areas of the settlement, introducing a more urbanised character to this edge of settlement location. The minor benefit brought about by the development being self-build does not outweigh the direct conflict with Policy RS3 of the West Hanney Neighbourhood Plan (2031). Taking the development plan as a whole, the development also fails to comply with Policy CP4 of Vale of White Horse Local Plan Part 1 (2031) as the site is not within the built area of a settlement classified as a smaller village, as defined by CP3 of the Vale of White Horse Local Plan Part 1 (2031).
Insufficient ecological assessment has been provided to demonstrate that protected species, specifically lizards, would not be harmed as a result of the development. The development would result in habitat clearance and loss of established vegetation across the site, and would thereby result in the disturbance to, and excavation within, the habitats of protected species. The development fails to demonstrate compliance with policy CP46 of the Vale of White Horse Local Plan Part 1 (2031), Policy RS1 of the West Hanney Neighbourhood Plan (2031) and paragraphs 98 and 99 of Circular 06/2005.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: OX12 0LQ
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 August 2025
Consultation expiry: 8 December 2025
Consultation start: 28 August 2025
Consultation end: 8 December 2025
Target decision date: 9 April 2026
Application expires: 9 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Dijksman Planning (UK) LLP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 233 days

Appeal

Appeal status: No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents: 59

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: West Hanney Conservation AreaPart of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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