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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.
5,543 approved · 568 refused · 624 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Dec 2021 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
113 Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LD
Received 31 May 2024April House, Goosey, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8PA
Received 31 Jul 2024Rose Cottage, The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 3 Oct 20234 Rectory Lane, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LN
Received 23 Nov 2022Rose Cottage, Morlands, East Hanney, Oxon, OX12 0HQ
Received 26 Sept 20248-10 Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AA
Received 14 Mar 2022197 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BW
Received 14 Feb 2024Laburnum Cottage, 90 Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 1 Mar 2023Scaryside Kingston Warren Wantage OX12 9QF
Received 17 Jun 202628 and 50 Bigwood Park, Sugworth Lane, Radley, OX14 2LL
Received 10 Jun 2024Downs House Farm, Ginge, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8QS
Received 16 Jun 2025Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Oxon, OX13 6NW
Received 4 Mar 2022Wallbrook Court, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0QS
Received 5 Apr 2024Yew Tree House, High Street, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EP
Received 15 Oct 202528 High Street Abingdon OX14 5AX
Received 8 Apr 2026The Dairy, 4 North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 9 May 2022The Pump House, West Hagbourne, Didcot, OX11 0GB
Received 7 Nov 2024Meadow View, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DW
Received 31 Jan 2024H3 Site Ox 0071 At The Boundary House Oxford Road Abingdon OX14 2AQ
Received 10 Jul 2026Former Grove Airfield, West of Grove, West of Newlands Drive
Received 10 Dec 2025Lloyds Bank House, 8 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AP
Received 25 Mar 2024Kingswell Hotel And Restaurant, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LZ
Received 11 Jul 2025The Furrows, Stonebridge Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AS
Received 9 Nov 2022Land At Grove Airfield, Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 18 Aug 2023Records 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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