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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.
6,443 approved · 640 refused · 734 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 May 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mille Fleurs, Main Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JP
Received 15 Aug 2022Land North of Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenham
Received 30 Sept 2021Pebble Cottage Cat Street East Hendred Wantage OX12 8JT
Received 22 Jul 202669B Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LY
Received 18 Nov 20212 Hurst Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PR
Received 21 Nov 20224 The Square, Abingdon, OX14 5AR
Received 9 Oct 202516 Cascade Corner, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5GB
Received 13 Feb 2025Phase 6T (Clover Meadow), Land at Valley Park, Didcot
Received 25 Apr 202542 Edward Street, Abingdon, OX14 1DL
Received 6 Nov 2025Red Gable, 84 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 12 Nov 2021Milestone Bungalow, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NL
Received 13 Mar 2024Beavers, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 3 Mar 2022Home Farm, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 10 Nov 202251 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 1EA
Received 4 Jul 2025Peach Cottage, The Green, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NT
Received 9 May 2023Walnut House, Church Lane, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4BL
Received 16 Aug 2024Abbey Building Abingdon OX14 3JB
Received 31 Jul 20262 Gloucester Street Faringdon SN7 7HY
Received 15 Jul 2026Manor Farmhouse, 12 The Green, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HZ
Received 26 Feb 2023Rose Cottage, Gainfield, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QH
Received 23 Sept 202113-17 London Street, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7AG
Received 24 Jun 20211 Hurst Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PR
Received 17 Apr 2024Alyn House, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 24 Feb 202625 Orchard Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LQ
Received 15 Sept 2022Records 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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