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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.
4,585 approved · 499 refused · 479 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Aug 2022 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pippins, Locks Lane, Wantage, OX12 9DB
Received 31 Oct 20235 Longfields, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6QP
Received 9 Feb 2024Stanford Primary School, High Street, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LH
Received 1 Aug 202422 Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EE
Received 15 Jul 20241 The Green, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JA
Received 19 Sept 2025Unit 63 To 66, Shrivenham Hundred Business Park, Majors Road, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TY
Received 23 Jan 202428 Laurel Drive, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 5DG
Received 10 Oct 2023Little Garth Larkhill Road Abingdon OX14 1BJ
Received 25 Jun 202617 Woodlands Brook, Wantage, OX12 8FS
Received 23 Oct 2024Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 6 Aug 2024Land to the south of Curie Avenue and west of Eighth Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 11 Sept 2023Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Diamond House Road, Chilton, OX11 0DE
Received 2 Sept 2025Roebuck House, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9NG
Received 1 Aug 2025Rectory House, Broadbrook Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 9 Oct 202421 Blandy Avenue, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5DA
Received 8 Aug 2023Conifers, Stream Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JG
Received 16 Nov 202228 Jespers Hill, Faringdon, SN7 7BH
Received 6 Mar 2024The Rectory, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 16 Aug 20247 Sandleigh Road, Dry Sandford, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DP
Received 10 May 202525 Elms Road, Oxford, OX2 9JZ
Received 24 Jan 2023Victoria Cross Gallery, Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AS
Received 4 Dec 202510 Daisy Bank, Abingdon, OX14 3TW
Received 19 Jul 2023RM1b - Phase 1, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 6 Mar 202484 Mill Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SP
Received 17 Feb 2023Records 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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