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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.
6,558 approved · 650 refused · 741 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Chestnut Road, Oxford, OX2 9EA
Received 20 Jun 2022Seymour House, 211 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9RG
Received 28 Sept 2022Upper Manor Farm, Warborough Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LD
Received 16 Jun 2022Orchard Farmhouse, Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 19 Mar 2024Godstow Court, 5 West Way, Oxford, OX2 0JB
Received 9 May 2024Thickets, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BQ
Received 13 Apr 2022Hollow Way House, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7LZ
Received 30 May 202534 Palmers, Wantage, OX12 7HB
Received 2 Dec 2021The Poplars, Church Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LA
Received 8 Feb 2023Appletree Farm, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 19 Jan 202222-26 The Clock House, Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 20 Apr 2023Woolstone Lodge, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QL
Received 1 Sept 202590 Arthray Road, Oxford, OX2 9AB
Received 31 Oct 202429 Oxford Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PL
Received 12 Sept 2025Willow House, Hids Copse Road, Cumnor, OX2 9JJ
Received 12 Sept 2025Symonds Farm, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 19 Oct 2021Barnbrook The Green Grove Wantage OX12 0AW
Received 10 Aug 2026Unit 14 The Quadrangle, Grove Business Park, Wantage, OX12 9FA
Received 1 Oct 202529 Charlton Village Road Charlton Wantage OX12 7HE
Received 14 May 2026Central Area, Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 21 Jun 2022The Barn, Rectory Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DZ
Received 14 Sept 202223 Chapel Close, Wantage, OX12 7DY
Received 19 May 2025Willow End, 6 The Willows, Wootton, Boars Hill, OX1 5LD
Received 31 Aug 2021Oak Trees, Sandy Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HN
Received 28 Feb 2023Records 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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