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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.
6,406 approved · 639 refused · 731 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 May 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blewbury Pre-school, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 25 Jun 2024Downside Farm, Woodway Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9EX
Received 24 Oct 202419 Cleycourt Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BN
Received 21 Jun 202217 Jenkins Way, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5NJ
Received 16 Feb 2025Building 92 The Research Complex Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford Didcot OX11 0FA
Received 21 May 202611 Chilton Field Way, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SQ
Received 28 Jan 20225 Yarnells Road, Oxford, OX2 0JY
Received 3 Apr 2025Ashbrook House, The Green, East Hanney, Oxon, OX12 0HQ
Received 23 Aug 2023Manor Cottage, 11 Road Through Buscot Village From Reading Road To Buscot L, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8DA
Received 26 Jan 202611 Nuffield Way, Abingdon, OX14 1RL
Received 5 Jan 2024Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 6 Aug 202510 Picklers Hill, Abingdon, OX14 2BA
Received 21 Mar 2022The workshop adjacent to Upperton, Pilgrims Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NG
Received 5 Feb 2024Anvil Drey, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9LA
Received 23 Aug 2022Frilford Grange, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NX
Received 1 Apr 2022Cross Trees 1 Church Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AD
Received 20 Apr 202623 Otters Reach, Kennington, OX1 5QL
Received 10 Dec 202128 High Street Abingdon OX14 5AX
Received 7 Apr 2026Tesco Express, Thornhill Walk, Abingdon, OX14 1JH
Received 30 Nov 2021Upper Green, Standford In The Vale, SN7 8HY
Received 23 Dec 202517 Sir Chetwode Close, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6FB
Received 23 Sept 2021Blewbury Barn Cottage, Blewbury Hill, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9EU
Received 12 Mar 2025Denchworth Manor, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DX
Received 6 Sept 2021Lovells Barn, The Meadows, Lower Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HX
Received 4 Jul 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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