Police Station and Magistrates' Court Church Street Wantage OX12 8BW

This site has had 2 applications since 2015: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• P15/V2035/DIS Granted

  Police Station and Magistrates' Court Church Street Wantage OX12 8BW

  Discharge conditions 3 (landscaping), 4 (bats), 6 (archaeological), 7 (archaeological), 9 (construction management plan), 10 (contamination assessment), 14 (drainage) and 16 (travel plan) of planning permission P15/V0729/FUL. Demolition of existing magistrates court and police station. Erection of 32 retirement apartments, with associated landscaping and car parking.

  Decided 27 Apr 2016 Conditions

1. 27 Mar 2015

   Received by Vale of White Horse

2. 14 Apr 2015

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 28 Jul 2015

   Decision issued: Planning Permission

4. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

• P17/V0901/FUL Granted

  Police Station Church Street WANTAGE OX12 8BW

  Variation of Condition 2 of P15/V0729/FUL (which permitted the demolition of the existing magistrates court and police station, and erection of 32 retirement apartments, with associated landscaping and car parking) for general amendments to internal layout of apartments, additional plant rooms and provision of additional dormer windows, amended on 27 June 2017 by additional proposed variation of Condition 15 to require all residents to be 60 years or older with no other age restrictions.

  Decided 25 Sep 2017 Full applications
• P15/V2035/DIS Granted

  Police Station and Magistrates' Court Church Street Wantage OX12 8BW

  Discharge conditions 3 (landscaping), 4 (bats), 6 (archaeological), 7 (archaeological), 9 (construction management plan), 10 (contamination assessment), 14 (drainage) and 16 (travel plan) of planning permission P15/V0729/FUL. Demolition of existing magistrates court and police station. Erection of 32 retirement apartments, with associated landscaping and car parking.

  Decided 27 Apr 2016 Conditions

Vale of White Horse granted permission on 28 July 2015, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Thames Valley Police, Police Station Church Street Wantage Oxfordshire OX12 8BW

  P13/V1044/LB Submitted 13 May 2013 50 yards away

  Demolition and rebuild of boundary wall on new alignment in matching materials

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Demolition 8 docs
  Small domestic

• Thames Valley Police, Police Station Church Street Wantage Oxfordshire OX12 8BW

  P13/V1050/CA Submitted 13 May 2013 50 yards away

  Demolition of existing buildings on site to allow development to form 45 sheltered apartments for the elderly including communal facilities (Category II type accommodation), access, car parking and landscaping (As amended by Drawing Nos: 10058WT: P002A, P003B, P004A, P005A, P006B, P007B, P009A and P010A and associated information accompanying agent's email of 26 July 2013)

  Refused Heritage and listed buildings New dwelling Demolition 42 docs

• Police Station and Magistrates' Court Church Street Wantage OX12 8BW

  P15/V2035/DIS Submitted 25 Aug 2015 50 yards away

  Discharge conditions 3 (landscaping), 4 (bats), 6 (archaeological), 7 (archaeological), 9 (construction management plan), 10 (contamination assessment), 14 (drainage) and 16 (travel plan) of planning permission P15/V0729/FUL. Demolition of existing magistrates court and police station. Erection of 32 retirement apartments, with associated landscaping and car parking.

  Granted Conditions New dwelling Demolition 21 docs

• Police Station Church Street WANTAGE OX12 8BW

  P17/V0901/FUL Submitted 3 Apr 2017 50 yards away

  Variation of Condition 2 of P15/V0729/FUL (which permitted the demolition of the existing magistrates court and police station, and erection of 32 retirement apartments, with associated landscaping and car parking) for general amendments to internal layout of apartments, additional plant rooms and provision of additional dormer windows, amended on 27 June 2017 by additional proposed variation of Condition 15 to require all residents to be 60 years or older with no other age restrictions.

  Granted Full applications New dwelling Loft or dormer +2 17 docs
  Major scheme

• 19 Church Street Wantage OX12 8BL

  P15/V1794/LB Submitted 27 Jul 2015 50 yards away

  Installation of a bust on a natural stone plinth on an area in front of a listed building and within a conservation area.

  Withdrawn Heritage and listed buildings 7 docs

• 2 & 4 Church Street, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8BL

  P21/V1591/FUL Submitted 27 May 2021 50 yards away

  Application for approval for lapsed Planning Approval P17/V0977/FUL - Sub division of Funeral Directors Shop & Single Dwelling House into Funeral Directors Shop and larger single dwelling house. Partial demolition & rebuilding of existing Funeral Directors shop to include new shop front. (Amended plans and documentation received 27 July and 4 August 2021. Description amendment agreed with agent 4 August 2021)

  Granted Full applications Demolition Windows or glazing 13 docs
  Domestic

• P25/V2340/FUL Granted

  Faringdon Community College, Fernham Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7LB

  Demolition of four modular temporary classroom blocks and construction of a single storey student services block and a two storey teaching block with associated soft and hard landscaping elements and parking

  Received 29 Oct, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• P26/V0774/FUL Granted

  St Marys Convent Denchworth Road Wantage OX12 9AU

  Works to car park to include replacement of existing plastic grid and grass over roadstone surface with a permeable tarmac surface, removal of one lamp standard, creation of a new entry/exit point onto existing private driveway and addition of six new parking spaces.

  Received 27 Mar, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• P26/V0519/FUL Refused

  Little Dubbers, Beggars Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5BL

  Retain Existing Dwelling, Erect Five Dwellings within its garden.

  Received 27 Feb, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• P26/V1282/FUL Granted

  70 Abingdon Road Cumnor Oxford OX2 9QW

  Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 2no. dwellings.

  Received 21 Apr, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• P26/V3798/FUL Decided

  Land South of Road 5 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0SZ

  Erection of a temporary storage building.

  Received 28 Aug, published by the council 9 Sep 2026 Full applications