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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.
5,743 approved · 585 refused · 645 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 & 33 Denchworth Road, Wantage, OX12 9AX
Received 12 Jun 2023The Old Police House, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RQ
Received 23 Sept 2022Fieldside Farm, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 14 Mar 2025Foxglove Cottage, Fawler, Wantage, OX12 9QJ
Received 5 Dec 2024Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 2 May 2023Kingston Lisle House Kingston Lisle Park Kingston Lisle Wantage OX12 9QQ
Received 24 Apr 202627 Corallian Drive, Faringdon, SN7 7GU
Received 28 Nov 2025Kingston Bagpuize Sewage Treatment Works, Sandy Lane, Kingston Bagpuize, OX13 5HX
Received 20 Jan 2026Land to the north west of Radley, Radley
Received 10 Jul 202311 & and garden behind farm buildings below 51, Coleshill, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 7PT
Received 15 Dec 2021Land-o, The Winnaway, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0JG
Received 12 Jan 202675 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LY
Received 24 Oct 2025West Point, Ebbs Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HL
Received 20 Dec 2023Land East of Kingston Bagpuize
Received 1 Feb 20223 Cornmarket, Faringdon, SN7 7HG
Received 21 Dec 20216 The Kestrels Grove Wantage OX12 0QA
Received 29 Jun 2026Abingdon School, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 14 Sept 2023Radley C Of E Primary School, Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3QF
Received 22 May 2023Memorial Hall, Highworth Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BL
Received 16 Jan 2024Chequers Inn, Main Street, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EX
Received 5 Jan 202610 Knollys Close, Abingdon, OX14 1XN
Received 18 Jan 2023Hartford Greys, Sandy Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HN
Received 3 Mar 2025Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 27 Mar 2025Land at Grove Road, Grove, Wantage
Received 6 Sept 2024Records 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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