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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.
5,187 approved · 544 refused · 580 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Matthews Churchyard, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot
Received 14 Jul 202211 Whites Forge, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LG
Received 29 Apr 2022Gateways, Harcourt Hill, Oxford, OX2 9AS
Received 12 Mar 2025Old School Yard Site, Off Pioneer Road, Pioneer Industrial Estate, Faringdon, SN7 7BU
Received 23 Nov 2023Former Grove Airfield Parcel P3B, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, West of Grove
Received 1 Feb 2023Cowleaze Farm Claypit Lane Woolstone Faringdon SN7 7QS
Received 2 Jun 20264 Mawkes Close, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8FB
Received 17 Feb 2025Bradfield Grove Farm, Cow Lane, Grove
Received 27 Mar 2026Sylvatica, Hids Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 24 May 20234 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8BS
Received 21 Mar 2022Land east of the A338, East Hanney
Received 18 Oct 2023Wye Cottage, Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 17 Oct 2024The Cleve, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 25 Jun 2025The Orchard, Lark Hill, Wantage, OX12 8PL
Received 3 Jan 202496 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HY
Received 16 Jul 20247 Alexander Way, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8FD
Received 5 Jul 2024Yard at Coffin Way, Driveway access from Westbrook Street, Blewbury, OX11 9QB
Received 14 Oct 202534 Rookery Close, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LZ
Received 19 Feb 202558 Hurst Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PR
Received 22 Apr 202464 Meadow Close, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NZ
Received 9 May 20228 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DZ
Received 9 Jul 20254 Circourt Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DZ
Received 16 Jun 202446 High Street, Ardington, Oxon, OX12 8PY
Received 22 Mar 2022Old Turnpike Cottage, Lodge Hill, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2JA
Received 15 Oct 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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