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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.
6,463 approved · 645 refused · 736 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Hutchcomb Road, North Hinksey, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9HL
Received 30 Jul 2025White House, The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 30 Mar 20265 Ginge Brook, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AL
Received 17 Feb 2023The Ridings, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7LW
Received 21 Jun 2023Pusey Home Farm, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QB
Received 8 Jul 2024The Driftway, Sutton Wick Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HJ
Received 10 Sept 20241 St Michaels Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1DR
Received 5 Mar 2026Farmyard and Knighton Farm Compton Beauchamp Knighton SN6 8NN
Received 15 Sept 2026King Alfreds School, Portway, Wantage, OX12 9BY
Received 1 Jun 2022Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Received 8 Jul 2022Byways, Cothill Road, Cothill, Abingdon, OX13 6QQ
Received 15 Sept 2022Land off of School Road, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LA
Received 19 Jan 2022The Old Farmhouse, 5 Kennel Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SB
Received 16 Feb 2022North East Parcel, Crab Hill, Wantage (Phase 5)
Received 19 Apr 20235 Highworth Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AU
Received 13 Oct 2021Cothill House School, Cothill, Abingdon, OX13 6JL
Received 15 Dec 202169 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BG
Received 10 Apr 2024Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DS
Received 16 Jul 202125 Loyd Close, Abingdon, OX14 1XR
Received 10 Dec 2024Rose Cottage, Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HX
Received 18 Sept 2024Land to the west of Great Western Park, (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 25 Nov 2024Partridge Close, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4FT
Received 4 Aug 2025Heatherstone, The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 16 Jan 202662 Vineyard Abingdon OX14 3PB
Received 13 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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