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5 High Street Abingdon OX14 5BB

P26/V0363/LBOther (Listed Bldg. Consent)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 17 June 2026

Council decision: Listed Building Consent is Granted3 conditions

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

Proposal

Retain ground floor and basement as tattoo studio. Change use of first, second and third floor from commercial to residential and convert to single flat, incorporating a roof extension.

Received
11 February 2026
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at 5 High Street Abingdon OX14 5BB. Vale of White Horse has handled 1,069 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. The site is in the Abingdon Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,985 applications in total for the OX14 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
OX14 5BB
Application type
Other (Listed Bldg. Consent)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2026
Consultation expiry
24 April 2026
Consultation start
25 March 2026
Consultation end
24 April 2026
Target decision date
13 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
8

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: Abingdon Town Centre Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Lion Public HouseOn or next to this site · +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 (20)

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, 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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