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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.
6,258 approved · 628 refused · 709 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hollow Way House Great Coxwell Faringdon SN7 7LZ
Received 17 Jul 2026Woodland Lodge, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5QG
Received 11 Dec 202333 North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 19 Apr 202379 Cozens Grove, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8FS
Received 20 Jul 2022Home Farm House, Silver Street, Bourton, SN6 8JF
Received 17 Jan 202315 Garford Close, Abingdon, OX14 2BY
Received 19 Aug 2022Steventon Station Railway Bridge, High Street, Steventon, OX13 6RZ
Received 28 May 2024Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 4 Sept 2023Elm Farm Business Park Grove Road Grove Wantage OX12 7PD
Received 11 Aug 202680 Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6JQ
Received 19 Sept 202312A Mill Street, Wantage, OX12 9AQ
Received 4 Jan 2023Grange Farm, North Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DW
Received 30 Aug 2023Land East of Meadow View, Didcot Road, Harwell
Received 4 Apr 2023Blandys Farmhouse, Bassett Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LJ
Received 17 Feb 2025Land at Crab Hill (Phase 7), Land North of A417 and East of A338, Wantage, OX12 7GQ
Received 3 Nov 2025Land adj Sylvatica, Hids Copse Road, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 9 Mar 2023Cleveland Farm House, Shrivenham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TW
Received 27 Mar 2026Innisfallen House, Woolstone Road, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RE
Received 22 Dec 2023Ickleton House, Ickleton Road, Wantage, OX12 9JA
Received 15 Sept 2021Church Of St Michael, High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PE
Received 6 Jan 202634 Bertie Road, Cumnor, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9PS
Received 19 Mar 2026Devonway, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EU
Received 25 Oct 2022Abingdon Fire Station, Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5DU
Received 10 Aug 2021106D West Way, Oxford, OX2 9JU
Received 28 Feb 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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