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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,625 approved · 578 refused · 630 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Nov 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 14 Jun 2024Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 10 Apr 2024Featherbed Cottage, 11 Newbury Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LG
Received 25 Apr 2025Meadow View, Goosey Lane, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 21 Sept 202270 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QP
Received 26 Apr 2023The Old School, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QJ
Received 22 May 202416 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HA
Received 7 Mar 202414 Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JB
Received 28 Nov 2025Field House, 111 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HX
Received 30 May 2022Holly Tree Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QW
Received 19 Oct 202232 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2HY
Received 7 Jan 2022Land East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham, SN6 8BL
Received 18 Mar 2022St Audries Cottage, Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 21 Apr 2022Rear of 7 The Ivies, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8BP
Received 14 Mar 2025108 Caldecott Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HD
Received 29 Jun 2022157 Marlborough Gardens Faringdon SN7 7DG
Received 13 Aug 202646 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 21 Dec 2023Middleway Cottage Old Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5JJ
Received 6 Jul 2026Parcel P3b, Grove
Received 23 Mar 2022Dove Court, Swan Lane, Faringdon, SN7 7AB
Received 18 Oct 202237 Norman Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2HJ
Received 5 Jan 2026Brook Drive, Site Of 170, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 7 Aug 2024Land North of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, OX11 0GD
Received 10 Jul 20236 High Street Abingdon OX14 5AZ
Received 8 Apr 2026Records 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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