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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.
6,335 approved · 632 refused · 717 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Weir Farm, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JJ
Received 19 Jan 2024210 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PG
Received 21 Nov 2022Mellors Of Challow Ltd, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TE
Received 20 Jun 202536 Hamble Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3TE
Received 10 Apr 2024Normanby Cottage, 4 Claypits Lane, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AH
Received 8 Oct 2025Appleby Cottage, Witney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AN
Received 28 Jun 2023College Farm House West Hendred Wantage OX12 8RP
Received 13 Apr 2026Wellands, Gramps Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LP
Received 20 Jul 2021Crawleigh, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5PP
Received 23 Aug 2021Old Mill House, Mill Orchard, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JJ
Received 8 Dec 2021163 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DL
Received 9 Jun 2022Land off Reading Road, Rowstock, OX11 0JY
Received 4 Dec 2025The Old Gaol Office, 65 The Old Gaol, Abingdon, OX14 3HE
Received 12 Sept 2024Roadside Farm, Haynes Of Challow Ltd, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TB
Received 13 Feb 2024Lantern Cottage, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PX
Received 18 Aug 202315 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 10 May 2023Land East of Kingston Bagpuize on the south side of the A420, Fyfield
Received 10 Dec 2025Church End House, Church End, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QH
Received 10 May 2022Clover Meadow (Phase 6T) Valley Park Didcot
Received 9 Jul 202684 Whittington Crescent, Wantage, OX12 9TZ
Received 15 Mar 2022Ascari House, 23 High Street, Steventon, OX13 6RZ
Received 7 May 2024OS 129 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AB
Received 14 Mar 2024Cross Trees 1 Church Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AD
Received 20 Apr 202631 St Pauls Crescent, Oxford, OX2 9AF
Received 4 Apr 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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