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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.
5,886 approved · 597 refused · 667 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Homedene, Main Street, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7HT
Received 3 Nov 2023Land to west of the A338 and north of East Hanney, East Hanney
Received 13 Oct 2025Kingston, 10 East Way, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JZ
Received 23 Oct 2025The Loanings, Faringdon Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 6QJ
Received 18 Mar 202685 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HW
Received 19 Jan 2024Oldfield Farm, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 8NR
Received 14 Feb 202217 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LJ
Received 20 Apr 2022W & G Industrial Estate, Unit 6/6a, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TF
Received 28 Jul 2025Swanbrook Cottage, 25 Mill Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SP
Received 6 Sept 2022Rebellion Film Studios, Milton Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX11 7HH
Received 11 Nov 2022Middle Leaze Farmhouse, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PS
Received 6 Oct 2021The Cottage, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 3 Dec 2025Fitzwaryn School Denchworth Road Wantage OX12 9ET
Received 20 Feb 20268 Crown Mews, Abingdon, OX14 5DS
Received 1 Aug 20222 Dunstead Lane, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QL
Received 12 Mar 2026Ford House, Ford Lane, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NT
Received 18 Jan 202227 Westland Road Faringdon SN7 7EX
Received 17 Jul 20261 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9EU
Received 22 May 202424 Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Received 15 Mar 2022Connemara, Cotswold Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9JG
Received 5 Feb 2024Freshways Circourt Road Denchworth Wantage OX12 0DZ
Received 4 May 2026North Abingdon, Land North of Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 5 Apr 2023Land at Upper Farm Road, Chilton, OX11 0PJ
Received 20 Feb 202516 Bishops Way, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7FG
Received 27 Jun 2025Records 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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