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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.
7,866 approved · 773 refused · 870 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Orchard Road, Oxford, OX2 9BL
Received 5 Jan 202311 Corneville Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HN
Received 30 Oct 2025The Cleve, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 8 Sept 2025Redlands, Springfield Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8EX
Received 25 Oct 20226 Dandridge Close, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0FH
Received 27 Mar 20234 Westfields, Abingdon, OX14 1BA
Received 7 Sept 202141 Market Place Wantage OX12 8AW
Received 14 Apr 202610 The Gap, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NJ
Received 28 Aug 2025The Stables, Land to east of Circourt Road, Denchworth
Received 24 Sept 2024Former grove Airfield, Parcel P4, Grove
Received 24 Dec 20216 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JX
Received 6 Sept 2021Dragon Hill, Woolstone Road, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RE
Received 14 Dec 2022Whites Farm House, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW
Received 20 Apr 2021Land and Monks Farm, Grove
Received 8 Jul 20245 Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8AL
Received 3 Feb 20214 Stonhouse Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AG
Received 27 Feb 2026Pinewood School, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HZ
Received 3 May 202418 The Garth, Oxford, OX2 9AL
Received 14 Jan 2026The Reading Room, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 29 Apr 2022158 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QS
Received 10 Jun 2022Land Off Grove Road, Wantage, OX12 7DR
Received 25 Mar 2019Old Glebe House and Flat, Church Way, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PU
Received 24 Jan 2023Hanson Building Products, Sutton Courtenay Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4TE
Received 7 Apr 2025Bull Inn, 27 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AG
Received 15 Aug 2023Records 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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