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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.
8,913 approved · 830 refused · 938 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Nov 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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31 Cottage Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HX
Received 19 Jul 20182 Petwick Farm Cottages, Challow, Faringdon, SN7 8NU
Received 10 May 2024The Guild House,, Ormond Road, Wantage
Received 23 Sept 2018The Chapel, Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DJ
Received 22 Dec 2025Former Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 15 Oct 202140 Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DS
Received 8 Dec 202318 Bowyer Road, Abingdon, OX14 2EW
Received 16 Jun 2021Holly Tree House, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JF
Received 26 Jun 202335 Baker Road, Abingdon, OX14 5LQ
Received 14 Feb 2022Land at North Shrivenham Phase 2, Highworth Road, Shrivenham
Received 28 Jun 20231 Rose Cottages, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8RW
Received 20 Apr 2026Land off Lechlade Road, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8DA
Received 26 Aug 202563 Bagley Close, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LT
Received 9 Feb 2021Sunningwell House, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 3 Sept 202130 Montagu Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9AH
Received 19 Jul 2018Land off Blackbird Lane, Milton, OX14 4EH
Received 10 Dec 2021Land south of Curie Avenue and west of Second Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QG
Received 18 Jul 2024Highwell, Warborough Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LE
Received 14 Mar 2025Jardin House, Yew Tree Court, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon, OX13 5PQ
Received 21 Feb 2025Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 4 Nov 2025Cherry Tree Court, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HL
Received 2 Mar 2018Curly Cottage, Ginge Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RR
Received 2 Jan 201915 Hilliat Fields, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4JE
Received 18 Nov 2025Land East of Kingston Bagpuize
Received 15 Nov 2018Records 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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