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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.
6,264 approved · 629 refused · 710 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Waterloo Lodge, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 8TH
Received 6 Oct 2021Site of 82 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HU
Received 13 Dec 2021Pull Croft, 53 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AT
Received 15 Feb 2024The Old Vicarage, 11 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4JL
Received 9 Oct 2023Block W, Shrivenham Hundred Business Park, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TZ
Received 27 Apr 2023High Trees, 91 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LA
Received 14 Feb 2023Sparsholt Manor, Sparsholt Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 16 Jan 202617, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6RD
Received 6 Sept 2023The Woodyard, Hatford, Faringdon, SN7 8JE
Received 23 Jul 2021The Long Bungalow, Fernham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TG
Received 23 Feb 2023Gore Farm, Buckland Marsh, Faringdon, SN7 8RD
Received 4 Jul 2023Orchard House, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Received 13 Mar 2024Valley Park Primary School, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 2 Oct 20241 The Quadrant, Abingdon, OX14 3YS
Received 27 Jun 20235 Acacia Gardens, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5DE
Received 8 Mar 2023133 Mayfield Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7NE
Received 29 Feb 2024Middle Green Farm, Baulking Green, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 7QE
Received 16 May 2023The Dog House, Faringdon Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 6QJ
Received 11 Jan 2024Land alongside Dormer Cottage, 25 Abingdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QN
Received 17 Nov 2021Dunraven House, 32 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 22 May 2023Land adjacent to Poplar Corner, Wootton Village, Abingdon
Received 25 Aug 202235 Woods Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0RQ
Received 27 Jan 202579 Larkhill Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BJ
Received 9 Dec 2021Hog House, Fyfield Wick, Abingdon, OX13 5NB
Received 2 Oct 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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