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Victoria Cross Gallery, Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AS

P25/V2637/FULMinor DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 4 February 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission is Granted4 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of part first floor storage to form 1nr one bedroom flat. Creation of new entrance at front of building

Received
4 December 2025
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Victoria Cross Gallery, Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AS. Vale of White Horse has handled 93 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. The site is in the Wantage Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,597 applications in total for the OX12 postcode area.

92% of minor development 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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Application details

Postcode
OX12 8AS
Application type
Minor Development

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Lauren Davies

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Wantage Town Centre Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Victoria Cross GalleryOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Victoria Cross Gallery, Market Place, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8ASRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    4 Dec

    Change of use and conversion of part first floor storage to form 1nr one bedroom flat. Creation of new…

    This applicationApprovedMinor DevelopmentP25/V2637/FUL
  2. 2025
    4 Dec

    Conversion of part first floor storage to form 1nr one bedroom flat. Creation of new entrance at front of…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideP25/V2638/LB

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