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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.
8,526 approved · 810 refused · 910 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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70 High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QD
Received 17 Aug 2018Pond Cottages, Newbury Road, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0PG
Received 18 May 2018Poulton House, 15 Marlborough Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JE
Received 11 Feb 202568 Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6DX
Received 18 Jan 2024Halfpenny Cottage, Buscot Wick, Faringdon, SN7 8DJ
Received 18 Oct 2022The Corn Exchange, Cornmarket, Faringdon, SN7 7JA
Received 29 May 2024Former Rogers Concrete, Sandshill, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 15 Sept 2025Seacourt Tower, West Way, Oxford, OX2 0JJ
Received 16 Apr 2018Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 21 Sept 2023Moles Green, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QQ
Received 19 Dec 201848 Milton Road, Sutton Courtenay, ABINGDON, OX14 4BS
Received 1 Mar 2018Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 12 Apr 2022The Dutch Barn, Aldfield Farm, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LJ
Received 11 Aug 20252 The Street, East Lockinge, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8QG
Received 1 Nov 2018The Croft, Church Street, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8QA
Received 16 Mar 202123 Collett Way, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NT
Received 19 Nov 20214 Upton Close, Abingdon, OX14 2AL
Received 7 Jun 2021Pylon DH5, Manor Farm, Vicarage Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SL
Received 17 Jul 2018217 South Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QT
Received 4 May 2023Land north west of Abingdon-on-Thames, Land bound by Wootton Road, Dunmore Road and the A34, Abingdon
Received 27 Mar 2023Beckett House, Defence Academy Of The UK, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8HD
Received 14 Oct 202182 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9HU
Received 15 Jul 2021Denchworth House, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DX
Received 2 Oct 2024Saddlings, Trinder Road, Wantage, OX12 8EE
Received 29 Apr 2021Records 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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