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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.
4,592 approved · 499 refused · 479 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Anvil Paddock, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LB
Received 18 Sept 202460 Robsart Place, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QT
Received 18 Apr 2025Frethorne Stud, New Road, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9PG
Received 16 Dec 20241 Davies Edge, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6TZ
Received 30 May 2024Kingston Lisle Park Road Running North Through Kingston Lisle Kingston Lisle Wantage OX12 9QG
Received 3 Oct 202444 Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DS
Received 6 Feb 2023Land at Former Didcot A Power Station, north of Milton Road, Didcot Didcot
Received 30 Apr 2026157 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9NE
Received 10 Feb 2026Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 2 May 2023Dahlia View (Phase 2Tb), Valley Park, Didcot
Received 30 Jun 20259 Abingdon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JB
Received 23 Jun 2025Keston, 37 Spring Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AR
Received 30 Apr 20242 Oriel Cottages, Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 16 Sept 2022Parcel 1P, Land to the west of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 7 Feb 202431 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AH
Received 26 Aug 202511, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 12 Jan 20264 Hengest Gate, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0HH
Received 24 Sept 2025Land at Crab Hill (Phase 6), Land North of A417 and east of A338, Wantage
Received 4 Mar 2025Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 27 Feb 2023Andersey Farm, Grove Park Drive, Lockinge, OX12 8SG
Received 20 Jul 2023Signal Yard, Units 5-10 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RZ
Received 13 Mar 2024Letcombe Sports And Social Club, Bassett Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LJ
Received 24 Nov 2025Land at Crab Hill, Land north of A417 and east of A338., Wantage, OX12 7GQ
Received 10 Aug 2023Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 11 Dec 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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