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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.
6,094 approved · 617 refused · 692 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Phase 2Tb (Dahlia View), Didcot
Received 23 May 2025Tudor House, 67 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SQ
Received 17 Mar 20229 Gravel Walk, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7JN
Received 12 Sept 2022White Hart Inn, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 30 Jul 20253 St Michaels, Priory Road, Wantage, OX12 9DE
Received 9 Oct 2024W And G Industrial Estate, Unit 2, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TF
Received 12 Jul 202310 Conifer Close, Oxford, OX2 9HP
Received 12 Jun 2023Between B4015 and A415 (Clifton Hampden bypass)
Received 10 Nov 2025Maple House, 107 Swinburne Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HF
Received 30 May 2025Arabellas Cottage, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LR
Received 26 Nov 2025Quarry House, Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7QA
Received 26 Mar 2024The Chapel Newbury Street Wantage OX12 8DJ
Received 1 Sept 2026Upper Farm, Ginge, Wantage, OX12 8QT
Received 10 Oct 2024Orchard farmhouse, Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 19 Mar 2024Field View, Canal Farm Lane, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9SS
Received 25 Oct 2021157 Whitecross Wootton Abingdon OX13 6BP
Received 15 May 2026Manor Farm House 29 Eaton Road Appleton Abingdon OX13 5JR
Received 2 Jun 2026The Cherries, 65 Mathews Way, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6JX
Received 9 May 2025Cross Trees, 1 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4AD
Received 20 Nov 2023Radley Lake Radley Abingdon OX14 3NG
Received 14 Apr 2026The Clock House, 18 Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AA
Received 20 Nov 2023The Granary, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AG
Received 10 Nov 202544-45 Ardington, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8PY
Received 7 Feb 2025OPP 12 Hyde Place, Abingdon, OX14 5JQ
Received 9 Oct 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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