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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.
6,587 approved · 652 refused · 744 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Manor Farm House, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8BH
Received 14 Jun 2023Land at the A34 Chilton Interchange, Chilton, Oxfordshire
Received 29 Nov 202337 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4JW
Received 28 May 2021Fox Inn, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DX
Received 28 Apr 2021The Grocers Chef Ltd, Post Office Bungalow, High Street, Ardington, OX12 8PS
Received 16 Nov 2021Village Hall, Road Between Idstone Road And Ashbury, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LS
Received 21 Jun 20241 The Barn, Hengest Gate, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0HH
Received 20 Sept 20237 Church Close, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NP
Received 14 Dec 20211 High Street Drayton Abingdon OX14 4JL
Received 2 Apr 2026Oxford Sports Lawn Tennis Club, North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 29 Mar 2022Park Drive Milton Park Abingdon Oxon
Received 18 Aug 2026The Farthings, 110, Lower Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3BA
Received 4 Mar 202679 Larkhill Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1BJ
Received 10 Feb 2026Units F3, F4 & F5 Fairacres Retail Park, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BY
Received 31 Aug 202121 Hardwell Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0BN
Received 16 Jun 202119 Vale Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LU
Received 26 Mar 202432 Sugworth Lane Radley Abingdon OX14 2HY
Received 4 Jun 2026Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 7 Apr 202616 Courtenay Road, Wantage, OX12 7DN
Received 2 Feb 2022Hill Farm, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9PD
Received 4 Sept 2023Whiteleaf, The Ridgeway, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EY
Received 28 Mar 202447 Hurst Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PR
Received 7 May 2024Phase T2b, Dahlia View, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 1 Mar 2024Poplar Corner, Poplar Corner Wootton Village, Boars Hill, OX1 5JL
Received 18 Mar 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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