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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.
5,935 approved · 599 refused · 674 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land east of Sixth Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0GD
Received 25 May 202356 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6DZ
Received 16 Nov 202216 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DA
Received 19 Jun 202318 Hamble Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3TE
Received 26 Mar 2026Northcourt Lodge, 106 Oxford Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2AG
Received 19 Apr 2023Buckland C Of E Primary School, Summerside Road, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8RB
Received 4 Jul 2025Unit 1A, Frilford Farms,, Hinton Road,, Abingdon, OX13 5EA
Received 3 May 20235 Hidden Brook, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5JQ
Received 27 Feb 2025Ashbrook House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 1 May 20256 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HY
Received 12 Jan 2024Land south of Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 29 May 2025The Norman Hall 9 Church Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4NJ
Received 11 Sept 2026Fox Lodge Littleworth Faringdon SN7 8ED
Received 14 May 20267 Swan Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0QE
Received 22 Sept 2025Greystones, 8A The Gap, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NJ
Received 24 Nov 2021European Space Agency Ecsat, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 22 Oct 2021White House, 12 Frilford Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NS
Received 14 Feb 2022Curlew Meadow, Circourt Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0EA
Received 31 Oct 2023Cavalry Cottage, Kingstone Winslow, Swindon, SN6 8NG
Received 19 May 202210 Green Lane Bayworth Abingdon OX13 6RG
Received 14 Aug 20261 Gravel Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HY
Received 21 Mar 2025The Old Post Office, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7NB
Received 5 Jun 202349 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EE
Received 21 Aug 202455 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BS
Received 10 Feb 2026Records 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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