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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.
5,706 approved · 584 refused · 642 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd Section Of A338 From Station Road To Oxford Road Wantage OX12 0DQ
Received 25 Aug 20269 Ladygrove Court Abingdon OX14 5DB
Received 5 May 2026Unit 5, Area C, Radley Road Industrial Estate, Abingdon, OX14 3RY
Received 25 May 20236 Littleworth Hill, Wantage, OX12 9AG
Received 5 Dec 20223 Church View, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TA
Received 7 May 2025Cleycourt Manor Bourton Swindon SN6 8HZ
Received 7 Sept 2026Otters Pool, Millway Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LD
Received 28 Aug 202434 Palmers, Wantage, OX12 7HB
Received 3 Nov 202226 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 26 Sept 202410 Draycott Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BY
Received 12 Jul 202343 Elizabeth Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2NS
Received 11 Aug 2025Causeway Cottage, The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SQ
Received 15 Mar 2023Hachette Uk Distribution Centre Milton Road Sutton Courtenay OX11 7HH
Received 15 Jun 202623 Orchard Road, Oxford, OX2 9BL
Received 11 Jul 202425 Stainswick Lane, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8DX
Received 26 Sept 2023Spanswick Farm, Holborn Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LR
Received 11 Sept 2024Land south of Kennington, East of Kenning Road, Kennington, Oxford
Received 17 May 2022Blandys Farmhouse, Bassett Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LJ
Received 17 Feb 2025Yew Tree House, Road Running Through Little Coxwell, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LP
Received 17 Dec 2025Pound House, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 11 Nov 2022Grove House South, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PF
Received 15 Dec 2021Wayside, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NB
Received 19 Aug 2025Church Farm Barn, Sunningwell, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6RD
Received 27 Feb 20232 Poplar Corner, Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JL
Received 17 May 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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