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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.
7,259 approved · 714 refused · 823 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Dec 2018 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PP
Received 8 Mar 2022The Forresters, 54 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HQ
Received 23 Jan 2023A34 & A4183 Lodge Hill Interchange, Abingdon
Received 28 Oct 20246 The Croft, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0ED
Received 14 Jan 202265 Appleford Drive, Abingdon, OX14 2BX
Received 20 Nov 2025Rose Cottage, Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HX
Received 10 Sept 2024Ashbury Manor, Berrycroft, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LX
Received 24 Jan 20221 The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RR
Received 14 Jul 202127 Victoria Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DQ
Received 6 Jul 2022The Old School House, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EP
Received 12 May 20217 Finmore Road, Oxford, OX2 9AE
Received 4 Jan 2022Apple Cottage, 4 The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RP
Received 11 Jun 202120 Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 7 Dec 201890 Kimmeridge Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9RQ
Received 8 Dec 2023Westfield House, 23 High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PE
Received 6 May 202516-40 (even), 50-56 (even), 64, 68-84 (even) Nursery End, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8PH
Received 24 Dec 2021111 Bagley Close, Kennington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5LT
Received 24 May 2023Land North of Summertown, Oxfordshire, OX12 0HP
Received 9 Jan 20191-2 Danes Court, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NE
Received 7 Jan 2022Brokenwood, Bessels Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NP
Received 20 Oct 2022Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 2 May 2023Wayside, Townsend Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8HR
Received 5 Jan 2023Land North of, Stonehill Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HU
Received 31 Oct 2022College Farm House, Ginge Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RP
Received 19 Apr 2021Records 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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