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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.
6,311 approved · 631 refused · 715 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Opp Old Chapel, Henleys Lane, Drayton, OX14 4HU
Received 2 Nov 2023Land at P7 Former Grove Airfield, Grove
Received 3 Apr 20255 Abbots Grange, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6PF
Received 30 Nov 202110 Beverley Road, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8DJ
Received 13 Nov 2023Barnacle Lodge, Faringdon Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AJ
Received 3 Jun 2021Shrivenham Church Of England Primary School, High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AA
Received 21 Feb 202523 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NJ
Received 6 Nov 202318 Bryan Way, Wantage, OX12 7EH
Received 29 Jun 202255 Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AU
Received 14 Oct 2024Kings Walk, Limborough Road, Wantage, OX12 9AJ
Received 9 Jun 2023Woodbridge House, Old Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JQ
Received 14 Mar 202336 Steventon Road Drayton Abingdon OX14 4LD
Received 9 Sept 2026Vale and Downland Museum, 19 Church Street, Wantage, OX12 8BL
Received 25 Apr 2024The Old School, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LR
Received 8 May 20249 Bath Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3QH
Received 20 Jun 2025O/S 10 Hilliat Fields, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4JE
Received 4 Nov 20246 Spa Street, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0TX
Received 13 Feb 2024National Trust Estate Yard, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PT
Received 9 Oct 202324 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU
Received 20 Sept 2023Cottage Farm, Upper Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HY
Received 5 Sept 2022Bridge Farm Quarry, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PP
Received 26 Feb 20244 Draycott Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BY
Received 23 Aug 2021Hartford Greys Sandy Lane Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5HN
Received 14 Aug 2026The Limes, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PE
Received 27 Jun 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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