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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,181 approved · 542 refused · 579 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Mar 2022 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
29 Colley Wood, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NF
Received 22 May 2024Southbrook, 4 Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7QA
Received 5 Jun 2024Shaunton, Main Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LH
Received 16 Jan 2023Ock Green, Charney Bassett, Wantage, Oxon
Received 3 Jan 2024Jacksbyre Cowleaze Farm, Claypit Lane, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QS
Received 7 May 202429 Wellington Way, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5FG
Received 1 Feb 202432 Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DS
Received 27 Nov 202517 Squadron Way, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0PB
Received 19 Oct 202330 Hiskins Wantage OX12 9HU
Received 19 Aug 2026Land at Potash Lane, Milton Heights, OX14 4XB
Received 26 Nov 2025The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6RR
Received 20 Apr 2022Quarry House, Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7QA
Received 31 May 2024Rectory House, Church Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HU
Received 22 Dec 2022Kennington Road, Radley, Kennington, OX14 2JR
Received 10 Aug 2023Hornbeams, Wytham, OX2 8QA
Received 31 Aug 2023Land to the south of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QG
Received 25 May 2023Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 1 Sept 2025Wicklesham Quarry, Sands Hill, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7PQ
Received 9 Mar 20232 St Michaels, Priory Road, Wantage, OX12 9DE
Received 11 May 202331 Victoria Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DQ
Received 23 Oct 2024Shop, No 13 & Manor Cottage, Buscot
Received 12 Jan 2023Holywell House, Fernham Road, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7PU
Received 18 Sept 2023Land to the north west of Radley, Radley
Received 1 Aug 2023Alexanders Hair, 8 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8BS
Received 16 May 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Vale of White Horse District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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