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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.
8,675 approved · 820 refused · 922 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
14 Oxford Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PJ
Received 28 Jan 2022Bridge Farm House, Main Road, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4NU
Received 24 Jun 2026On the verge of A417 London Road, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9NY
Received 28 Jul 2022Cleveland Farm House, Shrivenham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TW
Received 6 Aug 2024Tun House, Woolstone Road, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RG
Received 15 Oct 2024Field House, Road Between High Street And Godfreys Farm, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UT
Received 17 Dec 2018Pound House, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 16 Mar 2021The Clock House, 18 Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AA
Received 12 Apr 2022Village Hall Chapel Hill Watchfield Swindon SN6 8TA
Received 14 Jul 2026Land South of Halls Close, Drayton
Received 2 Aug 202321 Rivy Close, Abingdon, OX14 3XT
Received 25 Mar 2026Land adjoining and to the east of Hanney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Received 22 May 2026Coppice Leaze Farm, Silver Lane, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TJ
Received 1 Jun 20187 St Michaels, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 7DB
Received 4 Mar 2019Fordybrook, Fordy Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JU
Received 8 Nov 2023Cherrydene, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LN
Received 7 Jul 2022The White Horse, 189 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DW
Received 9 Mar 202652 Gainsborough Green, Abingdon, OX14 5JN
Received 8 Apr 2022Emmaus, 199 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PJ
Received 8 Jan 2026Moors House, The Millham, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RN
Received 5 Jun 2023Tigin Ban, High Street, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0EU
Received 19 Oct 202212A West St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BL
Received 10 Jul 2024Richmond Letcombe Regis, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9RG
Received 2 Feb 20263 Palmer Road, Faringdon, SN7 7FR
Received 8 Nov 2021Records 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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