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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.
4,783 approved · 506 refused · 507 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Market Place, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8AH
Received 20 Nov 2023197 Cothill Road, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JW
Received 3 Sept 2025Antwick Stud, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9JD
Received 10 Nov 202264 Whitehorns Way, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LJ
Received 11 Aug 20237 Kings Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EJ
Received 7 May 2025Units F3-F5 Fairacres Retail Park, Marcham Road, Abingdon, Oxon
Received 27 Feb 2026Telecommunications Site, Bagley Wood, Old Peg Brake, Bagley Wood, OX1 5NA
Received 22 Oct 20245 Court Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JH
Received 13 Oct 2022The Punch Bowl, 6 Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HG
Received 18 Jan 2024The Spot, Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PP
Received 8 May 2025Ashbury Free Evangelical Church, The Malthouse, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 28 Jul 202213 Hendred Way, Abingdon, OX14 2AN
Received 9 Jun 2025Rivey House, Section Of A420 Running Through Buckland, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QW
Received 4 Feb 2026Phase 2Tb (Dahlia View), Valley Park, Didcot
Received 13 Mar 2025West View House, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TH
Received 25 Mar 2024Swiss Cottage, Northford Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EY
Received 29 Mar 2023Wootton Business Park, Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6FD
Received 19 Mar 2026Riverside House, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AD
Received 17 Nov 2025Land East of Meadow View, Didcot Road, Harwell
Received 4 Apr 2023Rectory Farm, Idstone, Swindon, SN6 8LG
Received 18 Dec 20252B Furlongs, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4GE
Received 28 Jan 202529 Colley Wood, Kennington, OX1 5NF
Received 23 Sept 2022Land South of Road 5, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 10 Jul 20252 Applethorpe, London Road, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9FF
Received 3 Mar 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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