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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.
6,280 approved · 630 refused · 712 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
4 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PL
Received 5 Dec 202429 Kimmeridge Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9RF
Received 25 Oct 202133 Woodcroft, Kennington, OX1 5NH
Received 14 Feb 2025Pemberley, Lamborough Hill, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BY
Received 22 Mar 2024Land west of Diamond, Diamond House Road, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0DE
Received 2 Sept 2025Well Barn, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LW
Received 22 Jan 2024103 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9JR
Received 13 Oct 2022Tesco, Garden Centre, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TU
Received 28 Mar 2022Spring House, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 8 Nov 2022Land to north of 5, West Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PR
Received 24 Nov 20221 Blowing Stone Cottages, Road Running North Through Kingston Lisle, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QE
Received 7 May 2024Kings Arms, 45 The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RR
Received 11 Jul 202381 Meadow View Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QX
Received 2 Apr 2025Corrydon House, London Road, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9PF
Received 26 Sept 2022Goosey Wick Farmhouse, Access Road To Gooseywick Farm, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EY
Received 23 Jun 2023Land off Fernham Road, Uffington, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Received 15 Jul 2024Tilia, 12 Gravel Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HY
Received 24 Nov 202121-27 Coxeter House, Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AJ
Received 14 May 20255 Kiln Close, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8FJ
Received 15 Feb 2022The Manor House Church Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AD
Received 2 Apr 202614 Peregrine Way Grove Wantage OX12 0QB
Received 13 Apr 202611 Crabtree Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4HS
Received 4 Sept 202597 Marlborough Gardens, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7DF
Received 31 Jul 2025Manor Farm, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0ND
Received 10 Oct 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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