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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.
6,494 approved · 647 refused · 737 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Apr 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Little Acre, Hanney Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HT
Received 19 Apr 2024Hill Farm, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PJ
Received 13 Aug 2025Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 17 May 2023Gramps Hill Stud, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LX
Received 6 Feb 2025Rockley Farm House, 16 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 4 Jul 202490 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HH
Received 28 May 2024Mather House, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Received 27 Jan 202628 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JL
Received 11 Aug 2023Ock House, Flat 1, 266 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DR
Received 10 Jun 2021Mission Hall, Main Street, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9SN
Received 29 Oct 20249 St James, Wantage, OX12 9EY
Received 8 May 2024Land south east of Diamond Synchrotron, Fermi Avenue, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0DE
Received 22 Mar 2024Trinity House, Conduit Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DB
Received 12 Sept 2023Open land to south east of Meadow View, Didcot Road, Didcot, OX11 6DW
Received 19 Jul 2021Land east of Road 8, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX
Received 3 Sept 2026O/S Redwood, Larkhill Road &, S/O Smoke Acres, Faringdon Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BJ
Received 3 Oct 2022Orchard House, Chapel Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PQ
Received 9 Jun 2024Sutton Wick Site Office, Former Sutton Wick Landfill, South of Bassett Lane, Sutton Courtney, OX14 4HB
Received 21 Feb 202331 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AH
Received 26 Aug 202521 Grundy Crescent, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PS
Received 17 May 20227 Liddiard Close, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RY
Received 11 Aug 2022Denchworth Manor, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DX
Received 20 Dec 2022Fourwinds, 26 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LY
Received 14 Jul 2022St Marys Church, Broad Street, Uffington, SN7 7RA
Received 1 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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