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The Chapel Newbury Street Wantage OX12 8DJ

P25/V2796/LBOther (Listed Bldg. Consent)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 12 June 2026

Council decision: Listed Building Consent is Granted6 conditions

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

Proposal

The conversion, extension, alterations and refurbishment of the former St Mary's Chapel (now a dental practice) to a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3).

Received
22 December 2025
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 172 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a new dwelling at The Chapel Newbury Street Wantage OX12 8DJ. Vale of White Horse has handled 1,069 applications of this type. This one was decided in 172 days, 17 weeks longer than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. The site is in the Wantage Town Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,597 applications in total for the OX12 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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 8DJ
Application type
Other (Listed Bldg. Consent)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Consultation start
9 January 2026
Consultation end
4 February 2026
Target decision date
27 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
95 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
36

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
  • 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.

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
    22 Dec

    The conversion, extension, alterations and refurbishment of the former St Mary's Chapel (now a dental…

    ApprovedOther (Full Application)Filed alongsideP25/V2795/FUL
  2. 2025
    22 Dec

    The conversion, extension, alterations and refurbishment of the former St Mary's Chapel (now a dental…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentP25/V2796/LB

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