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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.
5,294 approved · 552 refused · 593 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land at North of Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenham
Received 1 Mar 2022Jordans Barn, Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AJ
Received 5 Sept 2023Land south of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0PW
Received 14 Apr 2025Challow Hill Farm, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9PD
Received 13 May 20223 sites in Sutton Courtenay:, Ginge Brook 44937 193840 (bench 9), Peep O Day Lane 449327 193999, Church Street 450550 194394
Received 14 May 2024Swallows, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 2 Mar 2022Hillside Embankment, Adjacent to Cumnor Hill
Received 18 Feb 202512 Priors Lane, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8RX
Received 20 Sept 2024Land & Buildings off Avenue Road, Bourton, Shrivenham, SN6
Received 24 Dec 2025Orchard House, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UT
Received 10 May 2022The Grapes, 28 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AX
Received 16 Mar 202243 Sellwood Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PF
Received 15 Mar 202473 Pinnocks Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9DD
Received 8 Nov 20222 Craven Villas, Faringdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AG
Received 6 Jun 2024The Stables, land to east of Circourt Road, Denchworth
Received 20 Feb 2024Green Cottage, Broad Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RA
Received 1 Feb 2024The Mead, Ham Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9EE
Received 18 Jun 2025The Clock House, 28 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 4 Apr 2025Orchard House, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LW
Received 20 Feb 2023Trinafour, Abingdon Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NU
Received 30 Apr 2025Land adjacent to Haugh House, Church Lane, Longworth, OX13 5DX
Received 21 Dec 2022Land between A34 Milton Interchange and B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 20 Feb 2026Chapmans, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, OX11 9PG
Received 11 Nov 202430 Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AX
Received 20 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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