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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,066 approved · 536 refused · 553 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Homing, Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DY
Received 10 Oct 2022Cross Trees 1 Church Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AD
Received 20 Apr 2026Central Park, Crab Hill, Land north and east of Rutherford Avenue(Major Access Road), Crab Hill, Wantage, OX12 7GN
Received 24 Feb 2025Land to the Rear of Halls Close, Halls Close, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LU
Received 7 Mar 2023143 Park Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SE
Received 17 Aug 2023Ridgeway Barn, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8LX
Received 8 Sept 2022Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 6 Aug 2024Central Park, Crab Hill, Wantage, OX12 7GN
Received 15 Jul 202438 Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6JF
Received 13 Sept 2022Jacksbyre Cowleaze Farm Claypit Lane Woolstone Faringdon SN7 7QS
Received 16 Apr 2026Foxcombe House West Street Sparsholt Wantage OX12 9PS
Received 18 Aug 2026Monks Farm - Phase 1A, Grove
Received 13 Mar 2026Didcot Power Station, Rwe N Power Plc Didcot Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
Received 22 Apr 20261 Leamington Gate, Coxwell Road, Faringdon, SN7 7FP
Received 19 Mar 2024Barton House, East Lockinge, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8QD
Received 4 Aug 202328 Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Received 24 Nov 2022Land to the rear of 31 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 1 Feb 2023Manor Farm, Silver Lane, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TX
Received 15 Dec 2022Lime Tree House, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EX
Received 14 Jun 2022Owl Barn, Rectory Lane, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5DS
Received 5 Mar 2026160 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AF
Received 28 Mar 202412 Tuckers Road, Faringdon, SN7 7YG
Received 17 Feb 202623 West St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BL
Received 16 Jul 202438 Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6JF
Received 19 Jun 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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