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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.
8,102 approved · 790 refused · 888 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 May 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Westbrook, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AP
Received 10 Dec 202569 Drayton Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5JE
Received 20 Apr 20214A Fennel Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3TL
Received 2 Jun 202393B West Way, Oxford, OX2 9JY
Received 18 Nov 2025Audley House, Buckland, Oxon, SN7 8QW
Received 31 Jul 2023O/S 11 & 5 Wildmoor Gate, Abingdon, OX14 1JP
Received 9 Feb 20245 Galley Field, Abingdon, OX14 3RU
Received 18 May 202115-16 Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 9 Jan 202333 Whitfield Gardens, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0FQ
Received 3 Apr 2023Kingston Lisle House Kingston Lisle Estate Kingston Lisle Oxfordshire OX12 9QG
Received 11 Aug 2026Land to the west of, Denchworth Road, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0HD
Received 28 Jun 2023Twelve Acre Drive Street Furniture, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2PQ
Received 12 Aug 202141 Wallingford Street Wantage OX12 8AU
Received 21 Jul 2026The Cottage, 16 Sutton Wick Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HJ
Received 18 Dec 2024Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 20 Aug 2025Land at Grove Road, Grove
Received 6 Dec 2023Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 20 Jun 2023127 Cumnor Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JR
Received 2 Jun 202118 Scantlebury Way, Wantage, OX12 8GJ
Received 3 Feb 20222 Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HG
Received 14 Mar 201952 Gozzards Ford, Gozzards Ford, Abingdon, OX13 6JH
Received 16 Jan 2019231 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QT
Received 21 Feb 2022Swanacre, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AG
Received 8 Apr 202251A Chawley Lane Cumnor Oxford OX2 9PX
Received 5 Oct 2026Records 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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