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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.
6,246 approved · 628 refused · 707 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Fieldside, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9HY
Received 19 Dec 2023The Presbytery, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8QW
Received 16 Jul 2022Land to the north of Frome Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 9 Nov 2023Community Hall, 60 Thomas Crouch Drive, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2DN
Received 10 Feb 2023Upper Farm Cottage, Ginge, Wantage, OX12 8QT
Received 8 Sept 20258 The Croft, West Hanney, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0LD
Received 15 Sept 2022Mellors Of Challow Ltd, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TE
Received 21 Mar 2024Land behind 31-33 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 3 Aug 2023Park Crescent Spur Road (near junction with Faringdon Road), Abingdon, Oxon
Received 9 Jan 2024Land Adjacent to Matthew Arnold School, Arnold's Way, Oxford
Received 22 Apr 2024Phases 1A & 1C, Monks Farm, Grove
Received 4 Feb 2026Station Road, Uffington, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 7QD
Received 17 Mar 20252 Radley Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3PQ
Received 23 Dec 2022Land north of Rutherford Road, Crab Hill, Wantage, OX12 7FY
Received 4 Oct 2024Maslina, Reading Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JJ
Received 21 Jun 2024School Masters House, 26 High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AA
Received 20 Nov 2024George House, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 4 Nov 2025Curly Cottage Ginge Road West Hendred Wantage OX12 8RR
Received 30 Sept 202675 Bradstocks Way, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4DA
Received 1 Mar 2024Millenium Green, Letcombe Regis
Received 28 Jan 202238 Francis Little Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5PN
Received 10 May 2022The Vicarage Ross Court Kennington OX1 5AD
Received 7 Sept 2026The Manor Preparatory School, Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LN
Received 18 Feb 202614 Herons Walk, Abingdon, OX14 1NY
Received 28 Oct 2021Records 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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