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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.
6,375 approved · 636 refused · 724 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Briar Cottage, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8DW
Received 21 Dec 20229A Hawthorn Crescent, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7JB
Received 9 Dec 2022The Old Farm House, Northcourt Lane, Abingdon, OX14 1PN
Received 24 Jul 202433 Stonhouse Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AF
Received 16 Aug 202414 Owlington Close, Oxford, OX2 9DP
Received 27 Jul 2022Land to the north of Frome Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 15 May 2023Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 18 Feb 2022Radley Village Hall, Gooseacre, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3BL
Received 25 Oct 20221 The Paddocks, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HX
Received 22 Oct 2025146 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PW
Received 19 Oct 2022Apartments 5, 136 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PH
Received 12 Mar 20248 St Marys Green, Abingdon, OX14 1HJ
Received 14 Jan 20262 Bramley Close East Hanney Wantage OX12 0JX
Received 3 Jun 202610 Long Furlong Road, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6BL
Received 28 May 2024Beech Tree Cottage, Westcot Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PZ
Received 24 Jun 2025The Haven, Kingstone Winslow, Swindon, SN6 8NG
Received 20 May 20251A Sandy Lane, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8DZ
Received 5 Jun 2024Abingdon Hospital, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AG
Received 14 Sept 2023Hatches Farm Barn, Chapel Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LE
Received 13 Aug 2024The studio (part), Tubney Warren Barns, Abingdon, OX13 5QJ
Received 1 May 2025Tanglin Cottage, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HX
Received 2 Sept 20225 Hids Copse Road, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 6 Oct 2022Richmond Village, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Oxon, OX12 9RG
Received 8 Dec 202113 Linden Crescent, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7NB
Received 9 Jul 2021Records 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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