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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.
6,564 approved · 650 refused · 742 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Quarry House, Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7QA
Received 2 Apr 20257 Mill Road Abingdon OX14 5NS
Received 16 Sept 202698 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HH
Received 5 Jul 202113 School Close, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6AZ
Received 15 Jun 2021Silver Trees, The Green, Fernham, SN7 7NT
Received 14 Apr 202234 Kingfishers, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7JN
Received 19 Sept 20253 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8BU
Received 21 Oct 2022Primary School 1, Former Grove Airfield, Wantage
Received 10 Mar 20231, 2, 3 & 4 Forces Help Society Bungalows, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8NB
Received 3 Sept 20254 Chelsie House, 104 West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9JU
Received 9 Aug 2021The Old Barn, Main Road, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LN
Received 21 Jul 202534 Truelocks Way, Wantage, OX12 7EG
Received 17 May 202257 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BE
Received 22 Mar 2022Central Park, Crab Hill, Wantage
Received 26 Aug 2025Norbreck, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 7 Mar 2025The Limes, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PE
Received 13 Jun 2023159 South Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QY
Received 27 Aug 2024George & Dragon, 4 Church Street, Sutton Courenay, OX14 4NJ
Received 14 Feb 2024101 Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1NN
Received 17 Jan 2022Yew Tree, Holborn Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LR
Received 14 Aug 2023The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SJ
Received 30 Nov 2021Sparsholt Manor, Sparsholt, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9PT
Received 21 Dec 2021Yard adjacent to Colliers Lane/Skinners Lane, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7BE
Received 14 Oct 20221 Holborn Hill Letcombe Bassett Wantage OX12 9LU
Received 18 Aug 2026Records 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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