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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.
5,144 approved · 541 refused · 571 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Mar 2022 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Wellands, Gramps Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LP
Received 21 Jul 202326 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 27 Sept 2024Sutton Wick Plant Area, Land Adjoining Stone Hills Lane, Oday Hill, Sutton Wick, OX14 4AA
Received 7 Aug 2023Phase T2b (Dahlia View), Didcot
Received 3 Mar 20256 Ethelhelm Close, Abingdon, OX14 2RE
Received 20 May 20258 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HY
Received 18 Dec 2023Land north of A147, Crab Hill, East of Wantage
Received 4 Oct 2023Land adjacent to Fernham Gate, Faringdon
Received 4 Apr 2025132 Greenwood Way Harwell Didcot OX11 6GD
Received 2 Sept 2026Land south of Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 17 Apr 20254 Fairlawn Wharf, East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5ED
Received 15 Jun 2022Orchard House, 2 Petypher Gardens, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5FR
Received 23 Dec 2022Des Joachims, 79 Appleford Drive, Abingdon, OX14 2BT
Received 25 Jul 2025Faringdon Infant School Lechlade Road Faringdon SN7 8AH
Received 29 May 2026Lay-by Reading Road (A417) Wantage Oxon
Received 9 Jul 2026O/S 111 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AE
Received 12 Jul 2022Hillfield Cumnor Oxford OX2 9QU
Received 4 Aug 2026The Cherry Barn, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EY
Received 10 May 2024Wilcote, High Street, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0EX
Received 15 Sept 2022Mill Farm Mill Lane West Hendred Wantage OX12 8RJ
Received 29 May 2026High Street, Drayton, OX14 4JL
Received 28 Feb 2024Land of off Snowswick Lane, near Coleshill, SN6 7PS
Received 22 Jan 202432 Chapel Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AN
Received 13 Feb 2026Elm Farm Business Park, Grove Road, Wantage, OX12 7PD
Received 12 Jan 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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