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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.
5,592 approved · 573 refused · 627 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Home Farm, Chapel Lane, Charney Bassett, OX12 0EX
Received 8 Apr 2026Orchard Cottage, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QN
Received 30 Oct 20233 Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 26 Mar 2025Richmond Village, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Oxon, OX12 9RG
Received 7 Mar 2022Furzewick Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8NG
Received 30 Aug 2024Barn Close, Denchworth, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 0EZ
Received 9 Feb 2023Land to north of 5, West Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PR
Received 18 Nov 2021Quakers Court, Vineyard, Abingdon, OX14 3PY
Received 3 Oct 202363 Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3JZ
Received 10 Feb 2026Phase 1 Allotments at Former Grove Airfield, Land off Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 9 Jan 2023141 The Avenue Kennington Oxford OX1 5QZ
Received 2 Jun 202681 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AB
Received 8 Feb 2024Pathside, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot
Received 22 May 2023Russet House, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AD
Received 19 Oct 2022Faringdon Quarry, Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7LG
Received 10 Jun 2022Brookside Bedwells Heath Boars Hill OX1 5JE
Received 14 Jul 2026172 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 5 Feb 2025Wantage Motorist Centre, 1 Hans Avenue, Wantage, OX12 7DB
Received 7 Dec 20223 The Old Mill, Mill Street, Wantage, OX12 9AB
Received 17 Nov 20259 The Green, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JA
Received 13 Sept 20243 Stallpits Road, Shrivenham, SN6 8BG
Received 31 Aug 2022Kingston Lisle Business Centre, Manor Farm Barn Road Running North Through Kingston Lisle Kingston Lisle Wantage OX12 9QX
Received 11 Aug 2026Sutton Courtenay Landfill, Appleford Sidings, Abingdon, OX14 4PP
Received 21 Jul 202255 Laburnum Road Oxford OX2 9EN
Received 7 Aug 2026Records 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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