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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.
6,300 approved · 631 refused · 715 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 between A34 Milton Interchange and B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 5 Mar 202625 Elm Road Wantage OX12 7EE
Received 5 Jun 20265 Bowes House, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8AL
Received 15 Feb 20236 Lamble Walk, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0FU
Received 4 Sept 2025Abingdon Science Park, Monarch House, Barton Lane, Abingdon, OX14 3NB
Received 24 May 2022The Granary, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AG
Received 11 Mar 2026Greenview, The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 24 Mar 2022White Hart Cottage, 70 Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DX
Received 14 Sept 2021Little Acorns Nursery, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NA
Received 8 Jul 2024Monks Farm, Townsend, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 23 May 20232 The Old Cottage, Oxford Lane, Grove, Oxon, OX12 7PY
Received 10 Dec 2024Dene Lodge, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 2 Feb 2026Westfield House, 23 High Street, Cumnor, Oxfordshire, OX2 9PE
Received 23 Jul 20259 Lime Kiln, Wantage, OX12 9GE
Received 16 Dec 2024Former Didcot A Power Station, Milton Road, Didcot
Received 17 Mar 2025Lowes Barn, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LU
Received 13 Feb 202323 Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3JF
Received 10 Jun 202231 Vicarage Lane, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8DT
Received 9 Sept 2024Denmans Farm, Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9NJ
Received 12 Apr 2022The Vale Cottage, High Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RP
Received 10 Aug 2023Chapmans, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PG
Received 11 Nov 2024The Old Works Yard, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8PP
Received 18 Aug 2021The Manor Preparatory School, Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LN
Received 7 Oct 2025The Old Rectory, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LP
Received 12 Oct 2023Records 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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