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Ardington House, Church Street, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8QA

P25/V2649/LBOther DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 5 March 2026

Council decision: Listed Building Consent is Granted3 conditions

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

Proposal

Rebuilding of curtilage-listed retaining wall that runs along the boundary of Ardington House, forming the edge of the sunken footpath between Church Street and High Street. It is proposed to remove the wall and store the bricks. Construct a retaining wall using reinforced hollow concrete blocks then face the blocks with the reclaimed bricks and copings from the listed wall (additional information received 04 March 2026)

Received
8 January 2026
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Ardington House, Church Street, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8QA. Vale of White Horse has handled 382 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Ardington and East Lockinge conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,597 applications in total for the OX12 postcode area.

96% of other 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 8QA
Application type
Other Development

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Nathalie Power

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: Ardington and East Lockinge Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 38 and 39, Church StreetOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • 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, 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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