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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.
6,084 approved · 617 refused · 692 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Heatherstone, The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 6 Mar 2023Tudor House, Stowhill, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9XQ
Received 3 Apr 2025Upper Mill, Kingstone Winslow, Swindon, SN6 8NG
Received 6 Sept 2024Henwood Farmhouse, Henwood, Wootton, Boars Hill, OX1 5JX
Received 30 Jan 20232 Woodland Cottages, Bayworth Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DF
Received 28 Apr 20253 Longcot Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AL
Received 2 Apr 2026Ardington House, Church Street, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8QA
Received 8 Jan 2026Calcot, 4 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, OX1 5JL
Received 19 Mar 2025Jessamine House, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 3 Jan 2026Land at the Junction of Oxford Square & Chapel Hill, Oak Road, Watchfield, Oxfordshire
Received 1 Oct 2021Lesters Cottage, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 11 Jan 202457 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 9 Sept 2025Hills Yard, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8BY
Received 27 Sept 2023Chobban House, Park Crescent, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 25 May 2022Parcel 3B (Yellowfields), Part of Crab Hill, Kingsgrove, Wantage
Received 24 Aug 2022Ardarragh House, South Row, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RT
Received 7 Apr 2025Harwell Science And Innovation Campus, Mary Lyon Centre, Road Thirteen, Didcot, OX11 0RD
Received 19 Sept 2025Former Grove Airfield West of Grove, West of Newlands Drive land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 3 Dec 2025Long Meadow, Off Park Lane, Stanford in the Vale
Received 26 Mar 2026Sunningwell House, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 16 Dec 2021Sparsholt Manor, Sparsholt Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 13 Jun 202226 Church Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4NJ
Received 22 Apr 2026The Barn, Park Farm, Main Street, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TU
Received 24 Jan 2023Northern edge of existing car park serving, Christopher's Wood, Ardington
Received 7 Mar 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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