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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.
6,342 approved · 632 refused · 719 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17A Park Crescent, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4DF
Received 1 Sept 2022Goosey Wick Farmhouse, Access Road To Gooseywick Farm, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EY
Received 14 May 2024Clayton Villa, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NB
Received 30 Jan 2025Bladonstone, The Winnaway, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0JG
Received 1 Jul 20211 The Laurels, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NF
Received 9 Feb 2026Champs Chapel, Chapel Square, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JN
Received 17 Apr 2023Hunters Moon, Race Farm Lane, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon, OX13 5AU
Received 6 Jun 202314 Galley Field, Abingdon, OX14 3RT
Received 22 Aug 2023Crabtree Farm, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8BH
Received 4 Nov 2025Land at Crab Hill (Phase 8a), Wantage
Received 22 Jul 2025Lark Rise, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NP
Received 24 May 2023Middle Warneford Buckland Faringdon SN7 8QR
Received 17 Aug 202618 Horsecroft, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LL
Received 16 May 2025The John Krebs Field Station, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QJ
Received 24 May 2022Triangle Cottage, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 10 Nov 2025Tadcombe Bank Farm, Hollow Way, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9SW
Received 9 Apr 202547 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4AT
Received 1 Jun 20215-7 Bromsgrove, Faringdon, SN7 7JF
Received 20 Feb 2025Land south of Curie Avenue Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0DF
Received 8 Apr 202610 Catherine Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8ER
Received 14 Feb 2022Land at Little Acorns, Main Street, West Hagbourne, Didcot, OX11 0NA
Received 16 Jan 20265 Acacia Gardens Southmoor Abingdon OX13 5DE
Received 8 Jun 20263 Crozier Close, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9AP
Received 22 Jun 2023Yew Tree Cottage, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EQ
Received 13 Nov 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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