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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.
9,288 approved · 864 refused · 984 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Sept 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Lime Road, Oxford, OX2 9EG
Received 13 Mar 20254 Quelches Row, Charlton, Wantage, OX12 7HF
Received 1 Jul 2024Richmond Letcombe Regis, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9RG
Received 6 Oct 202310 Market Place /1 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7HL
Received 27 Mar 2019Courtenay Lodge, 12 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NJ
Received 14 Nov 201739 East Lockinge, East Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 8QD
Received 22 Aug 202418A Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HP
Received 25 Mar 2026Seacourt Tower, West Way, Oxford, OX2 0JJ
Received 30 Mar 2026White Cottage, High Street, Harwell, DIDCOT, OX11 0EX
Received 27 Jun 2018Land adjacent to Haugh House, Church Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DX
Received 29 Sept 202113 Bec Close, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9EP
Received 4 May 2018Hill Farm, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RL
Received 21 Jan 2026Bessels Way, Blewbury, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 9NH
Received 14 Aug 2023Ashbury House, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UT
Received 9 Jan 2023Wrenwood, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DG
Received 18 Feb 202142 Harding Way, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6FJ
Received 13 Mar 202415 Damson Trees, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BB
Received 17 Jul 2023178 A & B, Brook Drive, Milton Park, OX14 4SD
Received 28 May 2021Phase 1 Allotment at Former Grove Airfield, Land off Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 24 Feb 202647 West Way, Oxford, OX2 0JF
Received 9 Aug 201810 Fern Close, Wantage, OX12 9WN
Received 8 Apr 202137 The Glebe, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QA
Received 6 Feb 20183 & 4 Mill Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4BE
Received 24 May 201850 High Street, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8SW
Received 24 May 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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