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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.
6,188 approved · 625 refused · 702 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Foxglove Cottage, Fawler, Wantage, OX12 9QJ
Received 27 Mar 2025Land to the west of Great Western Park, (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 2 Dec 2024Kings Arms, 39 Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AU
Received 6 Feb 2026Wytham Woods Wytham Oxford OX2 8QQ
Received 15 May 2026Near Karin Lodge, Churchmere Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AQ
Received 5 Jan 2026Foxcombe Hall, Berkeley Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5ET
Received 24 Jul 2025163 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 25 Feb 20265 Aldworth Avenue Wantage OX12 7EJ
Received 21 Apr 2026Atwood House, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4NH
Received 7 Nov 2022Barn 2, Woodland Farm, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 17 Dec 202119 Willow Lane, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EG
Received 15 Jun 202318 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HY
Received 24 Jun 2024West Barn, Peewit Farm, 95 Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4HB
Received 14 Jul 202217 Fernham Gate, Faringdon, SN7 7LR
Received 17 Dec 2021155 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 30 Mar 2023Land to West of Steventon Field, Steventon, OX13 6AP
Received 7 Mar 20251 South End Cottage, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8EG
Received 25 Oct 20232 Aldworth Close, East Hanney, OX12 0FS
Received 17 May 202239 Betterton House, East Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 8QD
Received 14 Mar 2024Rose Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8QS
Received 12 Nov 2021Unit 5 BEP0, Thomson Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QB
Received 21 Dec 2021St. John's Secondary Academy, Douglas Drive, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0GL
Received 23 Jan 2026White House, Springhill, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HL
Received 10 Aug 2021Lower Idstone Farm Idstone Swindon SN6 8LL
Received 22 Jul 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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