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Downs House Rectory Lane Letcombe Bassett Wantage OX12 9LW

P26/V0378/HHOther (Householder)Approved
Householder

Approved on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission is Granted7 conditions

Proposal

Single-storey extension to existing orangery/link. Replace existing orangery/link roof with new slate roof with 2no. roof lantern and 2no. rooflights. Minor internal alterations to ground and first floor. Installation of 3no. air source heat pumps.

Received
12 February 2026
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Downs House Rectory Lane Letcombe Bassett Wantage OX12 9LW. Vale of White Horse has handled 3,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. The site is in the Letcombe Bassett conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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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Application details

Postcode
OX12 9LW
Application type
Other (Householder)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Consultation start
23 February 2026
Consultation end
25 March 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
17

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: Letcombe Bassett+1 more
  • 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 (20)

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, 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. 2026
    12 Feb

    Single-storey extension to existing orangery/link. Replace existing orangery/link roof with new slate roof…

    This applicationApprovedHouseholderP26/V0378/HH
  2. 2026
    12 Feb

    Single-storey extension to existing orangery/link. Replace existing orangery/link roof with new slate roof…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideP26/V0379/LB

Source: Vale of White Horse

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