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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.
5,417 approved · 559 refused · 608 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
2 Old Manor Farm Cottages, Lower Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HX
Received 13 Sept 2024Acaster, 152 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DT
Received 5 Feb 2025Former Grove Airfield, Newlands Drive, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NY
Received 7 Jun 2022Land north of War Memorial, Perimeter Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Received 5 Feb 2025Abbey Brass Band Hut, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Received 5 Jul 2023East Hanney Depot Site, Oxford Road, East Hanney, OX12 0HP
Received 5 Sept 2024Memorial Hall, Highworth Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BL
Received 16 Jan 2024White Lodge, 21 Coxwell Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EB
Received 18 Jul 202329 The Park Harwell Didcot OX11 0HB
Received 24 Aug 2026Units 1-4, Frilford Farms, Hinton Road, Abingdon, OX13 5EA
Received 30 Aug 2024Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 14 Apr 2023Tesco Garden Centre, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TU
Received 21 Dec 2022Brook House, High Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RS
Received 5 Oct 2023Thistledown, Park Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JT
Received 18 Jun 20221 School Close, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AZ
Received 23 Sept 2024Land at Little Acorns, Main Street, West Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, OX11 0NA
Received 4 Aug 2023West Barn
Received 2 Oct 2023The Old Barn, Henleys Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HU
Received 21 Aug 202425 Pennyroyal Place, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6FY
Received 7 Oct 2024Land at White's Farm, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW
Received 22 Nov 20221 Trajan Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8FJ
Received 18 Aug 202532 Caldecott Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5HB
Received 11 Mar 2026The Coach House, The Old Rectory, 52 Sunningwell, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6RB
Received 5 Apr 202357 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 30 Jan 2025Records 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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