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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.
6,219 approved · 626 refused · 706 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jun 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Norreys Road Cumnor Oxford OX2 9PU
Received 26 May 2026Maslina, Reading Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JJ
Received 18 Mar 2024Lyford Grange Lyford Wantage OX12 0EQ
Received 5 May 2026Mill Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NP
Received 21 May 2024Stone Haven, Bellamy Close, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5AB
Received 21 Jan 202615 Kingside, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7FB
Received 19 Apr 2024Cobblers Cottage, Cat Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JT
Received 2 Oct 202485 Howard Cornish Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6PU
Received 20 Aug 2024133 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DL
Received 27 Mar 20248 locations in Didcot
Received 15 Dec 202515 Colegrove Down, Oxford, OX2 9HT
Received 24 Jan 2022Park North Field ( Part of Hendred Estate ), East Hendred
Received 23 May 2023Springhill, Springhill, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HL
Received 27 Oct 2021Tesco, 15 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2ED
Received 5 Apr 2022The Old House, 49 Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PJ
Received 21 Oct 20215 Liddiards Row, Southampton Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AU
Received 6 May 2025The Crispin, Burr Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DT
Received 19 Mar 202510 Gravel Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HY
Received 4 Oct 2022Land at Townsend Road, Shrivenham
Received 22 Dec 2025The Old School Yard Site, Off Pioneer Road, Pioneer Ind Estate, Faringdon, SN7 7BU
Received 17 Sept 2021Land at Crab Hill (Phase 8a), Wantage
Received 2 Feb 2026Lindfield, Faringdon Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BD
Received 21 Feb 202483 St Gabriels, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8FL
Received 2 Apr 20263 Mill Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NZ
Received 15 Dec 2025Records 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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