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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.
6,035 approved · 612 refused · 687 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Aug 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former School Buildings Site, New Road, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0ER
Received 16 Feb 20227 Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 2 Aug 2023The Blenheims, Main Street, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RZ
Received 27 Sept 202146 North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0LY
Received 11 Oct 2021Nottingham Fee House Nottingham Fee Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PG
Received 7 Jun 2026Triangle Cottage, Idstone Road, Ashbury, Oxfordshire, SN6 8LN
Received 23 Aug 2021Ardmere Bedwells Heath Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5JE
Received 28 Jul 2026Home Farm, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5PU
Received 3 Jul 20251 Challow Hill Farm Cottages, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9PD
Received 6 Oct 2022Rowlands, Church Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JB
Received 31 Jan 2023Land at Shrivenham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TN
Received 14 May 2025Land at Grove Road, Grove
Received 18 Dec 2024Valentine Food Catering Trailer, Grove Business Park, Wayland Avenue, Wantage, OX12 9FA
Received 27 Sept 20214 Upton Close, Abingdon, OX14 2AL
Received 9 Feb 2022Land adjacent to West House, Church Hill, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SH
Received 2 Apr 2026Abbey Timbers, Broadway, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LA
Received 8 Mar 2023124 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AG
Received 17 Nov 2025Elm Close, Old Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JJ
Received 19 Sept 2025Faringdon Folly Woodland, Off the Stanford Road, Faringdon
Received 14 Apr 20258 Main Road, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PG
Received 26 Sept 2022Pidnell Farm, Radcot Road, Faringdon, SN7 8DY
Received 28 Nov 20254 Whites Forge, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LG
Received 1 Dec 2025B148 Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0GD
Received 5 Jun 2024West House, High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4AW
Received 4 Apr 2023Records 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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