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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.
6,272 approved · 629 refused · 712 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land to the south of Curie Avenue and west of Eighth Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 25 Jul 2023April Cottage, 39 Stallpits Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BG
Received 27 Sept 2021Kingston Bagpuize House, Abingdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AX
Received 4 Apr 202210 Whites Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2JJ
Received 24 Sept 2024Land at Grove Road, Grove
Received 6 Nov 20243 Waxes Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 2NG
Received 5 Nov 2025The Clockhouse, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Oxon, OX12 0DU
Received 13 Apr 2022Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 26 Jun 2026Field View, Westcot Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PZ
Received 6 Feb 2024Cumnor, Oxfordshire
Received 3 Feb 2023Vine Cottage, 13 Church Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HU
Received 16 Oct 2023Westcot House, Westcot, Wantage, OX12 9QA
Received 14 Oct 202160 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 1EB
Received 18 Nov 2022Arnold Way Cumnor Hill OX2 9JD NGR: E 448200 / N 204990
Received 27 Apr 2026Alyn House, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 2 Oct 20233 Laburnum Road, Oxford, OX2 9EL
Received 3 Mar 20229 Herman Close Abingdon OX14 3XG
Received 12 Aug 2026Land off Paddocks Lane - The Paddocks, East Hanney, Wantage
Received 22 Apr 2024Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, OX14 4FB
Received 23 May 2022Old Rose Cottage, 44 North Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NG
Received 15 Sept 202139 Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PJ
Received 16 May 2025Sheencroft Farm, Bessels Way, Blewbury, OX11 9ED
Received 7 Aug 2025Louie Memorial Pavillion, Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JD
Received 19 Jul 2024Dunraven House, 32 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 13 Sept 2025Records 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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