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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.
6,005 approved · 606 refused · 682 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Greengage Way Wantage OX12 7QB
Received 14 Aug 2026Manor Farm, Silver Lane, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TX
Received 9 Oct 2024Bladon 2 Lyon Close Abingdon OX14 1PT
Received 7 Sept 2026The Croft, Church Street, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8QA
Received 11 Apr 2023Savages Nurseries, Style Acre Tea Room, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9HB
Received 9 Nov 2022120 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AX
Received 5 Mar 2024O/S 54 Foxborough Road, Radley, OX14 3AB
Received 15 Apr 2024O/S 34, 23, 17, 13 and 26 Picklers Hill, Abingdon, OX14
Received 28 Apr 2023Pembroke Lane, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EA
Received 12 Jan 2026Sellwood Cottage, Littleworth, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8ED
Received 8 Apr 2026Yew Tree, Holborn Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LR
Received 26 Apr 2024Gateways Harcourt Hill Oxford OX2 9AS
Received 9 Jul 20264 Faringdon Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AJ
Received 26 Apr 202214 Ock Meadow, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LN
Received 10 Sept 2021Kilbo, South Row, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RT
Received 15 Nov 202216 The Green, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AE
Received 3 Aug 2021April House, Goosey, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8PA
Received 12 Apr 2024Southfield, Harcourt Hill, Oxford, OX2 9AS
Received 6 Oct 2023118 Alexander Close, Abingdon, OX14 1XD
Received 28 Sept 2021129 Southern Bypass, Oxford, OX2 0LN
Received 17 Apr 2024Site adjacent Linden Cottage, Buckland Road, SN7 8QN
Received 9 Aug 2023Unit 5 BEP0, Thomson Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QB
Received 28 Feb 2022White Rosen, Icknield Lane, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8EF
Received 2 Sept 202511 Ludbridge Close, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8GB
Received 25 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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