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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,805 approved · 588 refused · 652 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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Mount Pleasant Farm, Ridgeway Barn, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PY
Received 2 Aug 2023Fence along Denchworth Road, Wantage
Received 11 Jul 2022The Beeches 3 Bourne Street Didcot OX11 8EH
Received 25 May 2026The Woodyard, Hatford, Faringdon, SN7 8JE
Received 25 Sept 20243 Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 4 Feb 2022Charlton Lodge Care Home, Kingsgrove, Wantage, OX12 7GZ
Received 12 Jan 2024Site Of 1, Sugworth Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2JR
Received 16 Mar 2023The Old Rectory, 29, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 18 Jul 2025Tulwick Barn, Tulwick Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PH
Received 14 Oct 202120B Ock Street Abingdon OX14 5BZ
Received 12 May 2026Brooklands Woodlands (and land to rear of), Newbury Street, Wantage, Oxon
Received 8 Sept 202315 Fishermans Wharf, Abingdon, OX14 5RX
Received 2 Nov 2021Land North of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, OX11 0GD
Received 21 Dec 2022Ridgeway Bessels Way Blewbury Didcot OX11 9NT
Received 9 Jul 2026Pollards Townsend Harwell Didcot OX11 0DX
Received 17 Sept 2026The Cottage, Hanney Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HT
Received 9 May 2022Lowerfield Farm - Plot 1 & 2, Lower Bourton, Swindon, Wilts, SN6 8HU
Received 18 Jan 20248 Hermitage Road, Abingdon, OX14 5RN
Received 23 Jan 2023Plum Pudding, 44 High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EJ
Received 3 Feb 2023Land at former Didcot A Power Station, Didcot, OX11 7HA
Received 18 Dec 202519 Grahame Close, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QE
Received 19 Apr 202444 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 14 Jun 2022Windmill House, Ickleton Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9JB
Received 20 Mar 2023Building 383, Harwell Science And Innovation Campus, Road Thirteen, Didcot, OX11 0RD
Received 26 Feb 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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