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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.
5,103 approved · 539 refused · 567 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Orchard Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LQ
Received 31 May 20246 Bohams Cottages Westbrook Street Blewbury Didcot OX11 9QF
Received 14 Apr 2026Elm Farm Business Park, Grove Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PD
Received 27 Mar 2026The Manor, 68 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JR
Received 23 Sept 2022College Cottage, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 4 Dec 20249 Main Street, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EX
Received 18 Aug 2025100 Mayfield Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7NE
Received 25 Mar 20259 Shute Avenue, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8SX
Received 18 Nov 2022Woodbridge Cottage, Rectory Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DZ
Received 27 Nov 202549 Gloucester Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JA
Received 10 Apr 202527 Cherry Tree Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DG
Received 18 Mar 2024University Field Lab, Wytham, Oxfordshire, OX2 8QJ
Received 16 Apr 202531 Allen Close Grove Wantage OX12 0GW
Received 31 Mar 202625 Whitehorns Way, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4LJ
Received 8 Nov 20224 West Way Square, Oxford, OX2 9TE
Received 11 Dec 2025Riverside House, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AD
Received 4 Mar 2026119 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SJ
Received 6 Nov 2024Unit 119 A & D, Olympic Avenue, Milton Park, Milton, OX14 4SA
Received 12 Jul 20231 Whitelock Road, Abingdon, OX14 1NZ
Received 12 Dec 202466 Virginia Way, Abingdon, OX14 5QL
Received 28 Oct 202456 Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8AQ
Received 2 May 2024Chain Hill House, Chain Hill, Wantage, OX12 8PB
Received 26 Oct 2023Manor Barn, The Meadows, Lower Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HX
Received 14 Jan 202670 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QP
Received 21 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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