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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.
5,819 approved · 589 refused · 658 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
186 Cumnor Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JS
Received 20 Jun 20241 Lime Road, Oxford, OX2 9EQ
Received 29 Jul 2022Land next to 65 St. Gabriel's, Wantage, OX12 8FL
Received 2 Jul 2025Nottyngham Fee House Nottingham Fee Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PG
Received 8 Jun 20265 Hids Copse Road, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 20 Mar 202578 Greenwood Way Harwell Didcot OX11 6GD
Received 16 Sept 2026Compton Marsh Farm, Compton Beauchamp, Swindon, SN6 8NN
Received 14 Dec 2022Land North of Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 14 Aug 20231 Pulling Close, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7JS
Received 8 Mar 2024Northfield Farm Cottage, 3 Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QJ
Received 2 Sept 202647 Playfield Road, Kennington, OX1 5RS
Received 30 Jun 202216 Prince Grove, Abingdon, OX14 1XE
Received 5 Sept 2022Land at Crab Hill (Phase 7), Land north of A417 and east of A338 Wantage, Wantage, OX12 7GQ
Received 8 May 2025Village Green, Charney Basssett, Wantage, Oxon
Received 11 Jan 2024Brook House, The Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AW
Received 27 Nov 20231 Stowford Cottages, Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LN
Received 15 Nov 20212 Ashenden Close, Abingdon, OX14 1QE
Received 19 Feb 2026Whites Farm House, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW
Received 31 Jan 2022Land to the north west of Radley, Radley
Received 6 Apr 2022The Old Boathouse, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NJ
Received 13 Jun 2024Cothill House School, Cothill, Abingdon, OX13 6JL
Received 12 Apr 2023Buckridges, 13 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AW
Received 27 Mar 2023Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 21 Jul 2025Blackthorn Lodge, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JF
Received 9 Dec 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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