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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.
6,593 approved · 652 refused · 745 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Blenheim Gardens, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NP
Received 6 Dec 202145 Hogarth Place, Abingdon, OX14 5LP
Received 4 Jan 20242 Kings Lane, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0EJ
Received 10 Oct 202451 Foster Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1YW
Received 26 Jan 2024Land North of Duxford (part of Chimney Meadows Nature Reserv, Duxford, SN7 8SQ
Received 30 Apr 202125 Hobbs Road, Faringdon, SN7 7GJ
Received 12 Dec 2024Morland Bowling Club, Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 24 Jan 2022Old Wall House, 23 Church Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HU
Received 2 Apr 2024115 Bagley Wood Road Kennington Oxford OX1 5NA
Received 1 Jun 2026The Old Cart House, 25A High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QD
Received 16 Aug 202514 Glebe Gardens, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LX
Received 10 Oct 2024Coigne Cottage, 21 Victoria Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DQ
Received 16 Nov 2023Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4FB
Received 16 Nov 2023Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 8 Aug 202421 Harebell Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6EW
Received 3 Sept 2021Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 4 May 2023Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 12 Apr 2023CTIL_30551900, Sparsholt Firs BT Site, Eastmanton Down, Wantage, OX12 9XB
Received 5 Jan 2022159 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9NE
Received 7 Nov 20222 The Square, Abingdon, OX14 5AS
Received 16 Jan 2024Lower Mill House, Kingstone Winslow, Swindon, SN6 8NF
Received 24 May 20212 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JL
Received 30 May 2024Ashtree Farmhouse, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PX
Received 2 May 2023Faringdon Baptist Church, 20 Bromsgrove, Faringdon, SN7 7JQ
Received 30 Mar 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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