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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.
4,599 approved · 499 refused · 479 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Aug 2022 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cherry Tree Court, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HL
Received 3 Nov 2022Phase 8, Land At Grove Airfield, Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 29 Jan 20266 The Meads, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LJ
Received 24 Oct 202496 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HY
Received 20 Jan 2026Cothill House, Abingdon, OX13 6JL
Received 7 Oct 2022Churn Cottage, Churn Farm, Bohams Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9HD
Received 18 Jan 2024Richmond Letcombe Regis, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9RG
Received 22 Jun 202624 Bostock Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DW
Received 24 Dec 202440 Wasbrough Avenue, Wantage, OX12 9BQ
Received 3 Feb 202633 Ballard Chase, Abingdon, OX14 1XQ
Received 5 Feb 2026Bridge Farm, Thrupp Turn, Littleworth, Oxfordshire, SN7 8JY
Received 3 Jun 202485 Dibleys, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PU
Received 14 Mar 2023Whitwick, Grosvenor Road, Harcourt Hill, Oxford, OX2 9AX
Received 21 Nov 2023Field West of Bradfield Barn Old Mans Lane Grove
Received 10 Aug 2026Rumseys Barn, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PB
Received 12 Feb 2025Faringdon Infant School, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8AH
Received 17 Jun 202549 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BS
Received 8 Aug 2025Land to the south of Curie Avenue and west of Eighth Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 26 Jan 20232 Rivy Close, Abingdon, OX14 3XT
Received 21 Mar 2025Long Acre, Oxford Road, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HP
Received 24 Mar 2025Aldi Stores Ltd, Wootton Road, Abingdon, OX14 1FE
Received 21 Dec 20238 Wytham Oxford OX2 8QA
Received 2 Sept 2026Unit 146, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PW
Received 11 Jan 2023Penridge, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 11 Sept 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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