Planning application
P26/V0216/FUL
Mather House, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Proposal
Change of use from bed and breakfast (use class C1) to 18 bedroom HMO (sui generis), installation of flat roof extension, erection of bin store and associated works.
As published by the council, reference P26/V0216/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Jan 2026
Received by Vale of White Horse
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17 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Refusal of Planning Permission
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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P21/V1592/HH Granted
Orchard House, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
It is proposed to replace the existing flat roof of the garage with a pitched roof, convert part of the garage to a small study, replace the flat roof of the existing covered passageway to the side of the house with a pitched roof and extend 6m off the back of the property to create outdoor storage area. It is also proposed to render the external walls of the property and clad the garage with a softwood cladding.
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P22/V1930/DIS Decided
Site Of Greensands, Reading Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JE
Discharge of conditions 2(Tree Protection) & 5(Landscaping) on application P19/V0301/RM.(as amended by plans & information received 25 November 2022 and 16 February 2023). (Reserved matters application for details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale following approval of outline permission, reference P15/V2328/O for the erection of 75 dwellings (10 of which will be specialist accommodation for older people), communal hub for older persons accommodation, retention of the existing Bed and Breakfast and associated open space, with all matters reserved save for that of access).
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P22/V1931/DIS Decided
Site Of Greensands, Reading Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JE
Discharge of conditions 10 (Ecological Management Plan) and 12 (Drainage strategy ) on application P15/V2328/O.(as amended by revised information received 14 September 2022 and 16 February 2023). Outline planning application for the erection of 75 dwellings (10 of which will be specialist accommodation for older people), communal hub for older persons accommodation, retention of the existing Bed and Breakfast and associated open space, with all matters reserved save for that of access.
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P15/V1034/DIS Decided
Land to the rear of Lynwood Reading Road East Hendred OX12 8JD
Discharge conditions 3 (materials), 4 (drainage), 5( boundaries), 6 (landscape), 8 (levels) of planning permission P14/V1626/FUL. Demolition of existing outbuilding. Erection of four detached dwellings.
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P14/V1027/DIS Decided
land adjoining Lynwood Reading Road East Hendred Wantage OX12 8JD
Without planning permission the use of Land from agricultural use to residential garden (associated with or incidental to the use of the adjacent dwelling Lynwood). Discharge of condition on application ref. APP/V3120/C/13/2206992 - P13/V2245/DA
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P15/V2345/FUL Decided
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Application to vary condition 2 of planning permission P14/V1626/FUL for "Demolition of existing outbuilding. Erection of four detached dwellings" to insert roof lights and amend car parking provision for the dwelling on plot 4 (as clarified by updated annotated plans submitted on 14 December 2015)
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