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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.
6,104 approved · 618 refused · 693 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Carmelite Priory, Chilswell, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HB
Received 20 Feb 2024Opp 1 Hilliat Fields, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4JE
Received 1 Nov 2024Box Cottage, Broadbrook Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PJ
Received 18 May 20252 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4AP
Received 25 Oct 2022St Martins, Spring Copse, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BJ
Received 16 Jan 202439 Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PJ
Received 16 May 2025Land at Manor Farm, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8BH
Received 24 Oct 20237 Meadow View Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QU
Received 25 Oct 2022Colwell Drive LP, Lane to NNE of Roundabout, Colwell Drive, Abingdon Buiseness Park, Abingdon, OX14 1UJ
Received 10 Apr 202533 Stonhouse Crescent Radley Abingdon OX14 3AF
Received 16 Apr 2026Skippets Stables, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 20 Apr 202313 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8BU
Received 1 Feb 202357 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 6 Mar 2023Peach Cottage, The Green, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NT
Received 1 Jul 2022Causeway Cottage The Causeway Steventon Abingdon OX13 6SQ
Received 23 Jul 2026Centre Of Pond 717m From Bitham Cottage On Goddard's Road Larkhill Wantage OX12 8QW
Received 26 Jun 2026O/s 37 Spey Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6HR
Received 4 Jul 202211 Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7JY
Received 26 Jan 2026Whitebarn, White Barn, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HH
Received 7 Aug 20252 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HQ
Received 21 Feb 202423 Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DA
Received 8 Sept 20232 Star Cottages, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 4 Oct 2022Princes Manor Farm, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HA
Received 9 Nov 2023Green Ridge Lincombe Lane Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5DZ
Received 7 Sept 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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