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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.
6,199 approved · 626 refused · 703 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
8 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HL
Received 4 Mar 2022Hanney Nurseries, Steventon Road, East Hanney, OX12 0HS
Received 26 Aug 2021The Old Bakehouse, 4 North Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NG
Received 8 Jun 20232 Woodland Cottages, Bayworth Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DF
Received 8 Aug 2022Harwell ILW Box Store, Rutherford Avenue, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 21 Jun 2023Appleton Manor, Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JR
Received 13 Jan 2022Tanglewood, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JF
Received 17 Feb 202679 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BS
Received 9 Aug 2021Crescent House, 21 Park Crescent, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DD
Received 14 Aug 20231 Miles Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8GE
Received 28 Oct 2025Sandswood Farm Faringdon Road Cumnor OX2 9QZ
Received 20 Jul 202623 Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4FB
Received 25 Jun 2024Boundary Park Pavillion, Greenwood Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6EY
Received 2 Jun 2025Land East of Kingston Bagpuize, OX2 0QL
Received 20 Nov 2025Richmond Letcombe Regis, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9RG
Received 12 Sept 2022Willowbrook, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EZ
Received 23 Mar 2022Phase 1 Valley Park, Didcot
Received 18 Mar 2022Land Adjacent Wayside House, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5BL
Received 24 Aug 2022Bridle Cottage, Bridle Path, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EW
Received 4 Sept 20252B Furlongs, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4GE
Received 3 Mar 2025Bridus Cottage, South Street, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9PR
Received 22 Mar 2022Temporary Cafe - South of Public Square, Crab Hill, Land North A417, Wantage
Received 21 Dec 20211 Blenheim Way, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5NQ
Received 7 Nov 2024The New House, Shotover Corner, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RH
Received 3 Oct 2022Records 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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