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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.
5,688 approved · 583 refused · 639 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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56 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 25 Jun 2024Sparsholt Manor, Sparsholt Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 16 Dec 2021Corfe Cottage, Abingdon, Tubney, OX13 5QQ
Received 10 Aug 2022Land at Bagley Wood Sawmill, Oxford Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NE
Received 16 Sept 2025Tannergate, Priory Road, Wantage, OX12 9DD
Received 28 Mar 202511 Sympson Close, Abingdon, OX14 5RB
Received 26 Jul 202528 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AX
Received 6 Oct 2023Busy Bees Nursery, Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7QA
Received 26 Oct 2021Units A1 & A2, Barton Mill, Audlett Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3NJ
Received 28 Feb 2023Cherrydene, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LN
Received 27 Jan 2022Opp 1 Brookside, 34 Kings Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EJ
Received 5 Jan 2026Land to the rear of 8/8A and 9/9A Cumnor Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NS
Received 29 Jan 2024108 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HY
Received 6 Jun 2023113 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LW
Received 12 Apr 20229 Colley Wood, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NF
Received 3 Mar 202671 Arthray Road, Oxford, OX2 9AD
Received 29 Apr 2022St Aidan's Cemetery, Cat Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JT
Received 21 Jul 2022Uffington postcode area
Received 5 Jan 2023Land East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham, SN6 8BL
Received 2 Nov 202215 Huxley Close, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6JZ
Received 20 May 2022Kingston Lisle Park, Kingston Lisle, OX12 9QG
Received 7 Jan 202643 Edward Street, Abingdon, OX14 1DJ
Received 5 May 202254 Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 21 Oct 2024Sweet Cherry House, 2 Yew Tree Court, Kingston Bagpuize, OX13 5PQ
Received 3 Mar 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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