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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.
6,350 approved · 635 refused · 721 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lindenbaum, Wantage Road, Rowstock, Didcot, OX11 0JU
Received 11 Jul 2025Land at North Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenahm, SN6 8BH
Received 20 Oct 2023Priory Park, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7PP
Received 11 Sept 2023Cockerels, 29 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HP
Received 8 Dec 2025Tesco, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TU
Received 24 Aug 202244 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AR
Received 18 Jun 2021Cornwallis, 56 Norman Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2HL
Received 2 Nov 2023Land North of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, OX11 0GD
Received 7 Nov 2022The Thatchets, Church Lane, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7PB
Received 20 Jun 20256 The Green, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JA
Received 20 Jun 2023Bredon Lodge, Cotswold Road, Oxford, OX2 9JG
Received 21 Oct 20252 Old Bakery Cottages Bakery Lane Letcombe Regis Wantage OX12 9JN
Received 4 Sept 2026Carmelite Priory, Chilswell House, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HB
Received 6 Feb 2023Land South of Curie Avenue and West of Second Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QG
Received 22 Jul 2024Milton Heights, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4DR
Received 14 Nov 2024Westbury House, Fyfield Wick, Abingdon, OX13 5NB
Received 1 Dec 2025Land At Grove Airfield, Denchworth Road, Grove, Wantage
Received 18 Dec 2023Sunnybrook, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 25 May 2021Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 16 Feb 202210 Halls Close, Oxford, OX2 9HR
Received 8 Jun 2022Land north of Rutherford Road, Crab Hill, Wantage, OX12 7FY
Received 9 Jun 20235 Court Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JH
Received 20 Oct 2021The Old Cottage, Church Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LA
Received 17 Nov 202244 Arthray Road, Oxford, OX2 9AB
Received 7 Jun 2024Records 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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