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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.
7,783 approved · 767 refused · 865 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Wooton & Dry Sandford Community Centre, Lamborough Hill, Wooton, OX13 6DQ
Received 31 Jan 20233 & 4 Skeats Bush, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LH
Received 30 Oct 2024Fordybrook, Ford Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JU
Received 26 Feb 202116 Fettiplace, Wantage, OX12 7EN
Received 11 Mar 2019Rockley Farm House, 16 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 4 Jul 202455 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EE
Received 10 Jun 2025Acacia Cottage, 15 Oxford Square, Watchfield, SN6 8TB
Received 3 Nov 2022Pipaway Engineering Ltd, Milton Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4EZ
Received 1 Feb 2022A34 Lodge Hill Interchange, Abingdon
Received 15 Nov 20241 Savile Way, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0PT
Received 6 Feb 2025All Saints Church, Church Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NP
Received 13 Feb 20247 Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JB
Received 26 Jul 2021Hunters Lodge, Church Farm, Dark Lane, Sunningwell, OX13 6RE
Received 29 Jan 2021The Byre, Chawley Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PX
Received 17 Dec 201820 Bushy Close, Oxford, OX2 9SH
Received 26 Mar 202494 Honeybottom Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6BX
Received 29 Oct 2018Kingston Lisle House Kingston Lisle Park Kingston Lisle Wantage OX12 9QG
Received 23 Apr 2026122 Abingdon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4HT
Received 3 Jun 2021Willow House Baulking Faringdon SN7 7QE
Received 23 Jul 2026Land At Silver Lane, West Challow, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9TJ
Received 24 Feb 2025St Nicholas Church, Main Street, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9SH
Received 17 Oct 2018The Old Rectory 29 Coleshill Swindon SN6 7PR
Received 16 Apr 2026Rectory House, Church Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HU
Received 17 Nov 2021Church Farmhouse, 20 Church Street, Faringdon, SN7 8AD
Received 18 Oct 2024Records 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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