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29 Oxford Lane Grove Wantage OX12 7PL

P25/V1791/FULMinor (Full Application)Refused
Full

Refused on 14 November 2025

Council decision: Refusal of Planning Permission1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

New single storey self build dwelling for over 55's (self-build)

Received
19 August 2025
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.8 Oct
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 29 Oxford Lane Grove Wantage OX12 7PL. Vale of White Horse has handled 3,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. There have been 3 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

  1. The creation of a new backland unit, amounting to a separate dwelling, would introduce residential development at odds with the common plot pattern, sizes, orientation and building-to-plot ratios of the immediate area, resulting in harm to the established, residential character of the area and adversely affecting visual amenity. The development conflicts with Policy CP37 of the Vale of White Horse Local Plan 2031 Part 1, the Joint Design Guide and paragraph 135 of the NPPF. NB: The development to which this refusal relates is liable to pay the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) as set out in the Vale of White Horse Charging Schedule. Please refer to the CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OX12 7PL
Application type
Minor (Full Application)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2025
Consultation expiry
8 October 2025
Consultation start
17 September 2025
Consultation end
8 October 2025
Target decision date
7 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Appeal history

6004425
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 April 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Vale of White Horse

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