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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.
5,510 approved · 566 refused · 617 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Dec 2021 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Magpie Cottage, 30 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JW
Received 24 May 2023Mather House, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Received 30 May 202315 Lesparre Close, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4FN
Received 12 Aug 2024Mayfield, Wantage Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LE
Received 7 Oct 202414 Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 31 Mar 2022Atwood House, 1 Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4NH
Received 9 Feb 2023Former Seven Acres Nursery Site, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale
Received 21 Oct 2024Wood House Farm, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7NL
Received 2 Oct 2023Land off Townsend Road, Shrivenham
Received 6 Apr 2023Appleton Manor Eaton Road Appleton Abingdon OX13 5JR
Received 29 Jul 2026Dene Lodge, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 11 Oct 2023Sutton Courtenay Waste Management Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received 12 Dec 202370 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QP
Received 20 Apr 2023Pound Croft House Steventon Road East Hanney Wantage OX12 0HS
Received 10 Jun 2026Church Cottage Wytham Oxford OX2 8QA
Received 2 Sept 2026Cleveland Farm House, Shrivenham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TW
Received 18 Aug 2022Varlins, Halls Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HJ
Received 10 Mar 2022Frilford Grange, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NX
Received 28 Mar 202224 Wick Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AS
Received 26 Jul 2023Alfredian Park, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8DW
Received 23 May 2025Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 27 Mar 2023Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 0DQ
Received 16 Sept 202537 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JW
Received 10 Nov 2023Oakline, The Ridgeway, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EZ
Received 27 Apr 2022Records 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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