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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.
9,157 approved · 853 refused · 976 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
5 Circourt Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DZ
Received 22 Feb 202136 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HQ
Received 6 Mar 2023Land adjacent to Windrose, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 2 Jun 2021Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, OX2 9LP
Received 11 Jan 2023The Old Vicarage, Church Way, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PU
Received 6 Sept 2021Outside 33 Garston Lane, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7AR
Received 31 May 202225 Lansdowne Road, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6EA
Received 18 Sept 2018Snells Hall, Church Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LA
Received 18 Mar 202629 Chawley Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PX
Received 23 Jun 2023Land to the north of Frome Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 27 Nov 2024Newlands, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NN
Received 27 Nov 202329 & 30 The Quadrant, Abingdon, OX14 3YS
Received 24 Mar 2021The Old Manor, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6RB
Received 12 Dec 2025Land off Townsend Road, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, SN6 8HR
Received 4 May 2022Abingdon on Thames
Received 23 Mar 20186 Little London Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HL
Received 27 Feb 202575 Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AG
Received 30 Jul 2025Court Barn, Town Pond Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HS
Received 9 Apr 2021Symonds Farm, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 7 Jun 20219 Mattock Way Abingdon OX14 2PB
Received 20 Aug 202634 Caldecott Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HB
Received 19 Nov 2021Land North of Dunmore Road and Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 1 Jul 2025Featherbed Cottage, 11 Newbury Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LG
Received 28 May 20249 Carlton Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0PU
Received 25 Oct 2024Records 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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