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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.
5,805 approved · 588 refused · 652 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
17 Squadron Way, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0PB
Received 1 Aug 202319 Cumnor Road Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5JP
Received 4 Sept 2026Appletreewick, The Holloway, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LS
Received 21 Jun 2022Glebe House, Ginge Road, West Hendred, Oxon, OX12 8RS
Received 13 Feb 2024Land at Former Didcot A Power Station, North of Milton Road, Didcot
Received 17 Jul 202313 Leamington Drive, Faringdon, SN7 7JZ
Received 24 Jun 2022Gateways, Harcourt Hill, Oxford, OX2 9AS
Received 15 Dec 202315 Truelocks Way, Wantage, OX12 7EG
Received 16 Oct 2023April Cottage 29 Mill Street Steventon Abingdon OX13 6SP
Received 8 Jul 2026Manor Farm, Kingston Lisle Park, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QL
Received 26 Mar 2026Land Adjacent to Convenience Store, Laburnum Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9DU
Received 27 Sept 2022The Lambourn, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon, OX14 1UJ
Received 25 Jan 20229 Manor Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AE
Received 19 Oct 202323 Kennet Road, Abingdon, OX14 3ST
Received 14 Apr 2023Coalyard, Thrupp Lane, Radley, Oxfordshire, OX14 3NG
Received 18 Jul 202515 Fettiplace, Wantage, OX12 7EN
Received 21 Feb 202525 Nobles Close, Oxford, OX2 9DN
Received 10 Mar 2023The Old Rectory, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UP
Received 18 Feb 202269 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BG
Received 20 Jan 202222 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BP
Received 15 Feb 2023Acaster, 152 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DT
Received 31 May 202411 Spenlove Close, Abingdon, OX14 1YE
Received 4 Jul 2024The Old Rectory, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UP
Received 18 Feb 2022Dove Cottage, Stonehill, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4AA
Received 21 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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