Planning application
Mather House, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Works: Extension
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
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
Application record
- Reference
- P26/V0216/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refusal of Planning Permission
- Received
- 27 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 17 Jul 2026
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- OX12 8JG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Vale of White Horse register
This site has had 3 applications since 2015: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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P23/V0504/DIS Withdrawn
Mather House, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Discharge of conditions 8(lighting) and part of Condition 6(street lighting) P20/V0129/RM. (Reserved Matters application following Outline approval P15/V2328/O for the erection of 10 specialist accommodation units for older people at Mather House.(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/V1926/SCR Decided
Mather House White Road East Hendred Wantage OX12 8JG
Screening Opinion
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
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
WWA Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2007 · London
6 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils
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