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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.
5,210 approved · 546 refused · 584 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxon, OX2 9PQ
Received 6 Aug 2025Land located to the south of Garden House, Milton Hill, Steventon, OX13 6AF
Received 18 Jun 2024Bladon, 2 Lyon Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1PT
Received 22 Feb 2023Land adj Vanquish House, School Lane, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EH
Received 7 Apr 2022Land at Grove Road, Wantage
Received 17 Mar 2025Bull Inn, 27 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AG
Received 15 Aug 2023Phase 1T (Primrose Gardens), Valley Park, Didcot
Received 9 Dec 2024Land adj. Little Cottrills, The Pilgrim's Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NG
Received 27 Jun 2022King Alfred Way, Kingsgrove, Wantage
Received 5 Jan 2026Upton Manor, High Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JE
Received 13 Jun 2024Falcon Court, Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AW
Received 25 Mar 2022Land south of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7NP
Received 15 Jan 2024Orchard Cottage, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QN
Received 17 Feb 20256 Nobles Close, Oxford, OX2 9DN
Received 3 Nov 2025Watercress Lodge, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 13 Jun 2023Southfield, Harcourt Hill, Oxford, OX2 9AS
Received 8 Oct 2024Waney Edge, 21 Hids Copse Road, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 5 Oct 2022Electrical Substation Purchas Road, Sutton Courtenay OX11 7BF - B4016 Appleford-on-Thames, OX14 4PQ
Received 1 Sept 20262 Withington Court, Abingdon, OX14 3QB
Received 4 Dec 20231A Drayton Road, Sutton Courenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AJ
Received 4 Jun 2024Agricultural Barn, Land at College Farm, Ashbury, SN6 8LF
Received 1 Mar 2022Wytham Abbey, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QE
Received 8 Feb 2023Coltons, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 12 Mar 202635 Big Wood Park, Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2LL
Received 18 Jan 2024Records 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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