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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.
8,924 approved · 831 refused · 939 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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The Toll House 69 Newbury Street Wantage OX12 8DJ
Received 9 Sept 2026Former Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 8 Oct 20255 St Johns Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HA
Received 24 Mar 20221 Hyde Cottages, Hyde Road, Denchworth, WANTAGE, OX12 0DU
Received 15 Feb 2018190 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LR
Received 15 Mar 2024Well Street OPP Flagstaff Hill House, Ardington, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8QJ
Received 6 Feb 2018Upton Manor, High Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JE
Received 12 Jan 2023Land to the South of Hanney Road, Cow Common, OX13 6AP
Received 23 Apr 2024Land adjacent to Haugh House, Church Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DX
Received 10 Feb 2021St James C of E Primary School, 20 The Causeway, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JN
Received 25 Mar 2019Stonehaven, 15A Coxwell Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EB
Received 4 Mar 2019Land East of Milton Hill, Abingdon
Received 22 Feb 2018Ridgeway House Idstone Swindon SN6 8LL
Received 30 Jun 2026Land at Crab Hill (Phase 8a) Wantage
Received 15 Jun 2026Pukawa, The Holloway Road, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LZ
Received 14 Apr 2021The Old Farmhouse, Ginge, Wantage, OX12 8QR
Received 30 Nov 2021Fernley, Shrivenham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TL
Received 1 Jul 202419 Church Street, Wantage, OX12 8BL
Received 7 Mar 20232 Streamway Close, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0FY
Received 14 Oct 2025Hollyvale, Chapel Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LE
Received 21 May 2024North Abingdon, Land North of Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon, Abingdon
Received 17 Jan 2024Sowerhill Farm, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7QH
Received 20 May 2022Kingston Lisle Park, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QG
Received 2 Oct 2025The Lodge High Street Hinton Waldrist Faringdon SN7 8RN
Received 23 Jul 2026Records 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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