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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,743 approved · 666 refused · 758 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Holmwood, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DL
Received 19 Oct 2023The Garden House, 14 Abingdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QN
Received 21 Aug 2023Baptist Church, Packhorse Lane, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NT
Received 30 Jun 2022Hazelwood, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JF
Received 5 Jan 2024Flat 1, Styles Court, Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DN
Received 20 Jan 202630 Poplar Grove Kennington OX1 5QW
Received 8 Jun 20261 Blowing Stone Cottages, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QE
Received 10 Oct 2022Land adjacent to Grove Community Centre, Grove Airfield Denchworth Road Grove Wantage
Received 21 Jul 20261 Mezereon Spur, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6GE
Received 16 Nov 2023Church Of St John The Baptist, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QQ
Received 12 Feb 2025Rowans, Orchard Road, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QW
Received 8 Mar 20214 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8BS
Received 21 Mar 2022Churchmere Lake, Churchmere Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4AQ
Received 30 May 2023Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DS
Received 6 Feb 2024Land at Downs Close, Harwell, OX11 0LP
Received 20 Nov 2025Kingston Lisle House Kingston Lisle Park Kingston Lisle Wantage OX12 9QQ
Received 2 Apr 20269 Clover Close, Wantage, OX12 7GB
Received 22 Jun 202112 Thames Street, Abingdon, OX14 3HZ
Received 15 Sept 202169 Southern Bypass, Oxford, OX2 0LA
Received 2 Sept 20254 Wasbrough Avenue Wantage OX12 9BD
Received 30 Jul 2026Tanglin Cottage, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HX
Received 16 Apr 20248 Church Street, Wantage, OX12 8BL
Received 18 Mar 2022The Bell House, 3 Abingdon Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NF
Received 7 Mar 2025Laburnum Cottage, 90 Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 26 Jan 2023Records 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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