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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.
5,671 approved · 581 refused · 635 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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 Spey Road, Shippon, Abingdon
Received 21 Jul 2025Twin Wells, Orchard Road, Buckland, SN7 8QW
Received 8 Dec 202233 Bridus Mead, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PJ
Received 13 Dec 2023Phase 2Tb, Dahlia View, Land to the west of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 6 Mar 2025Wilderness Copse, Fernham Road, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7PU
Received 20 Jun 2024Hartford Greys, Sandy Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HN
Received 9 Sept 2025Village Hall, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RP
Received 18 Jul 2023Fair Acre, Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DX
Received 20 Sept 2022White Rose Cottage, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DG
Received 6 Nov 2025Land South of Steeds Farm, Coxwell Road, Faringdon
Received 27 Oct 20251 Beaulieu Court, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6RQ
Received 20 Dec 2023Didcot Power Station, Rwe N Power Plc, Didcot Power Station, Didcot, OX11 7HA
Received 21 Aug 2025Land at the Steeds, Coxwell Road, Faringdon
Received 26 Mar 2024Land to the West of Great Western Park (Valley Park)
Received 16 May 202415-16, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 21 Dec 202328 Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NQ
Received 26 Jun 2023Old Plough Cottage, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, Wantage, OX12 9QL
Received 19 Jan 202642 Harding Way Marcham Abingdon OX13 6FJ
Received 1 Apr 2026Harwell Science And Innovation Campus, Mary Lyon Centre, Road Thirteen, Didcot, OX11 0RD
Received 21 Aug 202518 Masefield Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 5PH
Received 2 Apr 202434 Rookery Close, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6LZ
Received 19 Feb 2024Field View, Canal Farm Lane, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9YQ
Received 30 Sept 2022Tesco, Garden Centre, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TU
Received 12 Oct 2022A34 Lodge Hill Interchange, Abingdon
Received 28 Nov 2024Records 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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