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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.
5,782 approved · 588 refused · 650 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Oct 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Antwick Stud, Road Running From Yew Tree Cottage To The Village Hall, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JD
Received 24 Apr 202622 The Quadrant, Abingdon, OX14 3YS
Received 11 Oct 202458 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JW
Received 1 Jul 20242 Keats Drive, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6FA
Received 16 Jun 2022Former Rogers Concrete, Sandshill, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 24 Jun 2024Unit 122 Olympic Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SA
Received 13 Jul 202352 Hamfield, Wantage, OX12 9EQ
Received 25 Feb 202525 Orchard Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LQ
Received 26 Sept 2025sidewalk next to front entrance of Snells Hall, Church Street, East Hendred, Oxon, OX12 8LA
Received 15 Jun 202257 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6DZ
Received 11 Dec 2023Rose Cottage, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 7 Sept 2023The Willows, 4 Yarnells Road, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 0JY
Received 21 Dec 2022Land South of the A415 Marcham
Received 5 Aug 2026Westwood Country Hotel, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BG
Received 21 Dec 20235 St Christopher Cottages, Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7BP
Received 23 Jun 2025Swinford Bungalow, Swinford, Witney, OX29 4BY
Received 30 Nov 202489 Hanney Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AN
Received 1 Aug 202417 Ivy Close, Harwell, OX11 6DD
Received 16 Dec 2022Home Farm Road Running Through Wytham Wytham Oxford OX2 8QA
Received 2 Sept 2026Hanson Quarry Products Europe, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PJ
Received 28 Mar 202244 Hutchcomb Road, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 9HL
Received 25 Nov 2021Wicks House, North Green, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LQ
Received 15 Jul 202422 Draycott Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BY
Received 14 Oct 202131 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AH
Received 26 Aug 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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