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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.
6,023 approved · 611 refused · 685 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1A Davies Meadow, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0GG
Received 16 Mar 2022Phase 2Tc (Lavender Walk), Didcot
Received 11 Dec 202525 Kysbie Close, Abingdon, OX14 1XZ
Received 6 Mar 2024The Cherry Barn, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EY
Received 15 Nov 2022Land along Southern By-Pass (A34) & OP 172 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LR
Received 26 Jun 2023Broadleaze Farm, Longcot Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8HG
Received 31 Aug 2023Frax House, Frax Close, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon, OX13 5AW
Received 11 Mar 2022Bekynton Cottage, 7A The Green, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AE
Received 5 Apr 202320 Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3AT
Received 7 Mar 20222B Furlongs Drayton Abingdon OX14 4GE
Received 14 Aug 2026Dixie Down Meadows, Faringdon Road, Stanford-in-Vale, SN7 8NP
Received 16 Oct 202390 Milton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BT
Received 20 Mar 2023Land to side of the Manor House, Townsend, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SR
Received 2 Nov 2021BT Telephone Exchange, Ormond Road, Wantage, OX12 8DU
Received 31 Mar 2023Watercress Lodge, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 4 Jan 2023Land adjacent to The Paddocks, Harris's Lane, Longworth, OX13 5EH
Received 27 Mar 202623 Bridge Street, Abingdon, OX14 3HN
Received 23 Mar 2023Blagrove Farm, Fox Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX13 6DE
Received 17 Jun 2025Land East of A338, East Hanney, Oxon
Received 14 Oct 202416 to 18 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 2 Mar 2026Hardwell Farm, Knighton, Swindon, SN6 8NT
Received 7 Jul 2022Former Seven Acres Nursery Site, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 7 Jun 20232 Brewers Lane, Ginge Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RR
Received 12 Aug 2024214 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PG
Received 31 Jul 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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