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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.
5,171 approved · 542 refused · 578 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 15 Sept 2025Meadow View, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DW
Received 11 Oct 2022Building 401.8, Rutherford Avenue, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 15 Jan 202424 Hawthorn Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EL
Received 23 Apr 20254 Alexander Close, Abingdon, OX14 1XA
Received 1 Jul 2025Long Thatch, 4 The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HH
Received 9 Feb 202351 Chilton Field Way, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SQ
Received 11 Sept 2023Sunrise Nursery, Abingdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AR
Received 27 Feb 202614 Meadow Court, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9WQ
Received 31 Jul 2023The Corn Exchange, Gloucester Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JA
Received 16 Mar 2023Cotswold House, Lamborough Hill, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BY
Received 3 Aug 2022Ashbrook Mews, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 13 May 2024Orchard Cottage, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QN
Received 7 Feb 2024Westwinds, Betty Lane, Oxford, OX1 5BW
Received 11 Mar 2024Plough Inn, Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JR
Received 8 Apr 202514 Montagu Road, Oxford, OX2 9AH
Received 16 Aug 2023Holly Tree Cottage, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Oxon, OX13 5ET
Received 4 Jan 2023Land at Purchas Road, Didcot, OX11 7BF
Received 2 Dec 2025Appleby Cottage, Witney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AN
Received 22 Sept 202541 The Avenue, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PP
Received 22 Jun 202242 The Hyde, Abingdon, OX14 5JQ
Received 1 Nov 202322 Manor Green, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DQ
Received 8 Oct 2025Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 21 Jun 20231 Ladman Villas Littleworth Faringdon SN7 8EQ
Received 20 May 2026Records 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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