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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.
8,746 approved · 823 refused · 926 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Land off Townsend Road, Oxfordshire, SN6 8HR
Received 24 May 2018Mulberry House 9 Netherton Road Appleton Abingdon OX13 5JX
Received 17 Aug 2026Westfield, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8HD
Received 5 Sept 201821 Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7BP
Received 30 May 2022The Manor, 68 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JR
Received 7 Feb 2023The Letcombe Apartment Dandridges Mill East Hanney Wantage OX12 0JJ
Received 11 Aug 20268 Cumnor Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HD
Received 4 Apr 2022Central Park, Crab Hill, Land north and east of Rutherford Avenue (Major Access Road, Crab Hill, Wantage, OX12 7GN
Received 15 Aug 2025119 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SJ
Received 9 Sept 202515 Swan Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0QE
Received 12 Apr 2023Various location within East Hendred
Received 5 Jan 202640 Robsart Place, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QT
Received 15 Feb 2022Furzewick Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8NG
Received 6 Oct 2025249 South Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QT
Received 11 Jun 2024Chilswell Farm, Mill Barn, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EP
Received 18 Mar 2022The Green Playing Fields, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SG
Received 3 Sept 2024The Thatched Barn, Church Farm, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6RH
Received 6 Apr 2018Worsall Farm, Snowswick Lane, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PS
Received 18 Jan 20192 Lyon Close, Abingdon, OX14 1PT
Received 25 Jun 201810 Furlongs, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4GE
Received 19 Dec 2025Frethorne Stud, New Road, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9PG
Received 24 May 202189A Eynsham Road Botley Oxford OX2 9BY
Received 13 Oct 20265 Brook Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AH
Received 6 Apr 2021The Old Cart House, 25A High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QD
Received 8 Jun 2023Records 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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