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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.
8,776 approved · 824 refused · 927 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2017 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at 23 High Street, Steventon, OX13 6RZ
Received 3 Nov 2023Slate House, Upper Common, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RU
Received 20 Sept 202263 Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3JZ
Received 10 Feb 2026The Old Vicarage, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 12 Mar 2021Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BT
Received 30 Oct 202320 Larkhill Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BL
Received 5 Aug 202122 Darrell Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1HG
Received 23 Jul 20252 Morlands, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JW
Received 18 Mar 2022Phase 1Pa, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 17 Mar 2025Nos 1-5 West Wood, Site of former Westwood Hotel, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BG
Received 19 Jun 2024Land off Townsend Road, Oxfordshire, SN6 8HR
Received 25 May 201840 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BP
Received 7 Feb 2023Former Grove Airfield (Phase 7), West of Grove to the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 17 Jul 2024162 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DT
Received 7 Jul 2025Downlands, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DH
Received 9 Jan 2024Yew Tree House, Longworth, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 5EP
Received 8 Nov 2022Skippets Stables, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 6 Feb 202474 Cumnor Road Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5JP
Received 14 Jul 2026Chestnut Cottage, Snuggs Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HU
Received 22 Feb 20229 Oak Road, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TD
Received 13 Jun 2023Manor Farm, Silver Lane, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TX
Received 11 Aug 2023Wood End, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LU
Received 1 Sept 202612 Cumnor Hill, OXFORD, OX2 9HA
Received 13 Feb 20185-7 Bromsgrove, Faringdon, SN7 7JF
Received 4 Jul 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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