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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.
6,458 approved · 645 refused · 735 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QD
Received 9 May 2024Rectory House, Broadbrook Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 4 Sept 2023Dunraven House, 32 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 29 Oct 2021Thatched Cottage, Church Street, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PA
Received 10 Dec 202535 St Gabriels, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8JF
Received 11 Oct 2022Priory Park, Fernham, SN7 7PP
Received 22 Aug 2025The Stone House, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 7QE
Received 5 Oct 202330 Neave Mews, Abingdon, OX14 5FP
Received 5 Aug 2025Charney Manor, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EJ
Received 12 Jul 2022Land at Upper Farm Road, Chilton, Oxfordshire, OX11 0PJ
Received 30 Oct 20259 Church Green, Stanford in the Vale, Oxon, SN7 8LQ
Received 18 Jul 2022Baulking Lake, Baulking Lane, Baulking, SN7 8NR
Received 18 Dec 202532 Peachcroft Road, Abingdon, OX14 2NA
Received 14 Nov 202319 Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3AT
Received 17 May 2022Acaster, 152 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DT
Received 14 Nov 2024Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 23 Sept 202222 Merchant Crescent, Faringdon, SN7 7EQ
Received 24 Nov 2023Bridge Farm Quarry, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PP
Received 13 Jun 2022106 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LP
Received 4 May 2021OS Broom Barn, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BQ
Received 13 Nov 202513 Tatham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1QB
Received 8 May 2024Units 11-19 Pioneer Road, Faringdon, SN7 7BU
Received 3 Sept 2021Penridge, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 2 Aug 2023The Limes, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PE
Received 2 Apr 2026Records 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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