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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.
7,699 approved · 756 refused · 856 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Aug 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Morland House, West Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PS
Received 24 Mar 2025New Barn, Stanton Road, Oxford, OX2 9AY
Received 2 May 2023Chandlings Manor School, Bagley Wood, Kennington, OXFORD, OX1 5ND
Received 13 Mar 2019Thatcher Cottage Church Road Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PY
Received 14 May 2026St Andrews Church, Main Street, Wantage, OX12 9JS
Received 20 Nov 202521 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PT
Received 28 Mar 20222 Yew Tree Cottages, Ginge Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RP
Received 25 Jun 2021Land East of Oxford Close, Oxford Road, Kingston Bagpuize
Received 11 May 2021The Granary, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AG
Received 13 Aug 20241 The Ivies, Wantage, OX12 8BP
Received 21 Jul 2021Rustlings, The Ridgeway, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EY
Received 3 Apr 20231 The Old Cottages, Oxford Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PY
Received 28 Nov 2022Lavender House, Fieldside, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9HY
Received 15 Nov 2021Former Grove Airfield Parcel P3B, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, West of Grove
Received 2 Sept 202123 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 31 Oct 2025Cherry Tree Cottage and Former Methodist Chapel, Shrivenham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TL
Received 9 Dec 2025Land South of Steeds Farm, Coxwell Road, Faringdon
Received 1 Feb 202320A Mill Street, Wantage, OX12 9AQ
Received 9 May 202515 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9EY
Received 25 Feb 2021208 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LR
Received 4 Jan 2024Land East Of Kingston Bagpuize
Received 9 Apr 2025Memorial Hall, Highworth Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BL
Received 3 May 2023Rose Cottage, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 6 Oct 2022Shimna, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EZ
Received 18 Jun 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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