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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.
8,224 approved · 797 refused · 896 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Land off Townsend Road, Townsend Road, Shrivenham, SN6 8BN
Received 1 May 20183 Springfield Road, Oxford, OX2 9HJ
Received 6 Sept 2024Challow Hill Farm, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9PD
Received 24 Aug 2023Oxleaze Farm Claypit Lane Woolstone Faringdon SN7 7QS
Received 18 May 202624 Gall Close, Abingdon, OX14 3XY
Received 6 May 202156 North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0LY
Received 27 Mar 2019Hillside, 6 Oaklands, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NW
Received 9 May 2022Brick Apple Store, Grove Farm, Milton Hill
Received 15 May 202492 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RY
Received 19 Mar 2024Pull Croft, 53 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AT
Received 5 Sept 201825 Digging Lane, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LY
Received 29 Jun 2021Saddleworth House, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JY
Received 31 Aug 2018The Sawmill, Bagley Wood, Oxford Road, Kennington, OX1 5NE
Received 14 Jun 2024Heverlee, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BE
Received 16 Mar 2026Gable Cottage, Fawler, Wantage, OX12 9QJ
Received 5 May 2022Land Rear Of Plough Inn, Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 5 Jun 2023Ardmere, Bedwells Heath, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JE
Received 15 Nov 2023Skippets Stables, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 8 Feb 2023Tubney Warren Barn Road Between Tubney Lodge And North Lodge Tubney Abingdon OX13 5QJ
Received 9 Apr 2026Craigard, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NY
Received 26 Sept 2023Eastmanton House, Eastmanton Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PJ
Received 10 Feb 2025117 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BP
Received 27 Mar 2026105 Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PR
Received 22 Mar 202348 Mayfield Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7ND
Received 11 Sept 2018Records 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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