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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.
9,321 approved · 866 refused · 988 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hines Cottage, Horn Lane, East Hendred, WANTAGE, OX12 8LD
Received 26 Mar 2018Land at Crab Hill (Phase 8a), Wantage
Received 4 Mar 2026Land adjacent to 82 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LP
Received 3 Jan 2024Twilly Springs House, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RW
Received 5 Apr 2022Stable Cottage, Church Lane, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LZ
Received 7 Jul 2025March Cottage, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 20 Dec 2023Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 13 Aug 2018Pull Croft, 53 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AT
Received 21 Aug 2025Oakwood House, 27 High Street, Shrivenham, Oxon, SN6 8AN
Received 8 Feb 2021Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 10 Oct 202240 Spring Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AN
Received 13 Jun 2018Gloucester House, Gloucester Street, Faringdon, SN7 7HY
Received 7 Mar 202263 Charlton Road, Wantage, OX12 8HJ
Received 28 Jan 2022Acorn Cottage, The Green, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7SY
Received 22 Nov 2021Gothic House 15 The Green Drayton Abingdon OX14 4JJ
Received 22 Sept 2026Abners, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 9 Dec 202518 Boxhill Walk, Abingdon, OX14 1HB
Received 30 Sept 202512 Priors Lane, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8RX
Received 18 Apr 202422 Harcourt Road, Wantage, OX12 7DQ
Received 4 Jun 202139 East Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 8QD
Received 21 Nov 202437 Charlton Road, Wantage
Received 21 Jan 2019Ivy House, Fernham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TG
Received 24 Mar 2023Woodland Farm, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 18 Mar 2024Byways, Cothill Road, Cothill, Abingdon, OX13 6QQ
Received 25 Mar 2024Records 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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