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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.
8,445 approved · 805 refused · 904 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Mar 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Overford Farm, Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QN
Received 10 Sept 2025The Hinds Head, Witney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AN
Received 3 May 2018Land at Monks farm, Land North of Grove
Received 22 Nov 2023The Old Vicarage, Church Way, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PU
Received 24 Aug 2021The Old Bakehouse 4 North Street Marcham Abingdon OX13 6NG
Received 7 Aug 20265 Culham Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 2AS
Received 18 Dec 2024Pentagon South Barton Lane Abingdon OX14 3PZ
Received 6 Aug 202641 Courtenay Road, Wantage, OX12 7DW
Received 25 Mar 20228 Arthur Evans Close, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6LE
Received 6 Jul 202187 Abingdon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HL
Received 30 Oct 202532 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2HY
Received 25 May 202214A Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HA
Received 25 Oct 2022Craven Cottage, Idstone, Ashbury, Wilts, SN6 8LH
Received 20 May 2022Former Site Of Lloyds Bank Plc, 8 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7AF
Received 25 Jan 2021The Old School, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QJ
Received 8 May 2024Home Farm house, 14-16 Milton Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SA
Received 19 Sept 201844 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HY
Received 25 Oct 2021Kingston Lisle House, Kingston Lisle Park, Kingston Lisle, OX12 9QQ
Received 5 Jul 20242 The Old Cottages, Oxford Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PY
Received 10 Aug 2022Waylands, Bassett Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JP
Received 20 Dec 202121 Elm Road, Wantage, OX12 7EE
Received 16 Sept 202265 Shelley Close, Abingdon, OX14 1PR
Received 26 Sept 20243 West St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BL
Received 28 Nov 20232 Lime Road, Oxford, OX2 9EG
Received 23 Jul 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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