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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.
4,853 approved · 511 refused · 517 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thickets, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BQ
Received 22 Jun 2023Tolkien Cottage, Townsend, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SJ
Received 3 Dec 2025Land at Honeybottom Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon
Received 27 Jul 2023Central Park, Land North of Rutherford Road, Kingsgrove, Wantage, OX12 7GQ
Received 24 Mar 2026Lamb And Flag House, Faringdon Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HN
Received 11 Apr 2025OS 22 South Avenue, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1QH
Received 10 Feb 202582 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BX
Received 3 Sept 2024Overboars, Lamborough Hill, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BY
Received 5 Jan 2026Units 4 & 5, Swinford Farm, Swinford, Witney, OX29 4BJ
Received 13 Jul 2022Land at Crab Hill Land north of A417 and east of A338, Wantage
Received 1 Feb 2024Abingdon Baptist Scout Group At, 35 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AG
Received 26 Jan 2023Rhodes Farm, Eaton Hastings, Faringdon, SN7 8BJ
Received 26 Aug 2025The Clock House, 28 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 19 Mar 20262A, 2, 6 and 6A, High Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RS
Received 7 Jun 2022Former Grove Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road
Received 16 Jul 2026Ash Tree Farm, Faringdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QX
Received 7 Jul 2023Opp 6/8 Berry Croft, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1JL
Received 26 Jul 2022Eyston Barn, Newbury Road, East Hendred, Oxon, OX12 8LG
Received 11 Aug 2022Three Roses Cottage, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DX
Received 14 Oct 2024Parsonage House, 11 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JL
Received 27 Oct 20223 St Peters Road, Abingdon, OX14 3SJ
Received 21 Mar 2025Brookside Cottage, The Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AN
Received 7 Aug 2025Fyfield Grange, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LR
Received 2 Jan 202430 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 28 Jul 2022Records 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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