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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.
6,621 approved · 653 refused · 746 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Picklers Hill, Abingdon, OX14 2BA
Received 11 Jun 2025Bowyer Arms, Foxborough Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AE
Received 12 Jan 2024Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, South of Thomson Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire
Received 2 May 202449 The Avenue, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PP
Received 7 Mar 2025Land at Grove Road, Grove
Received 9 Feb 20221 Blowing Stone Cottages, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QE
Received 3 May 20222 Hengest Gate, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HH
Received 23 Oct 2023Land East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham, SN6 8BL
Received 18 Dec 2023Phase 6T (Clover Meadow) Didcot
Received 9 Jul 2026Rectory House, Broadbrook Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 5 May 2023Corridor between A34 Milton Interchange & B4015, Oxfordshire
Received 21 Nov 2025Challow Station Garage, Road From Faringdon Road To Northfield Farm, Challow, SN7 8NT
Received 1 Apr 20266 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AZ
Received 28 Jun 202217 Woodlands Brook, Wantage, OX12 8FS
Received 6 Mar 2025The Mulberries Main Street East Hanney Wantage OX12 0JF
Received 12 Aug 20263 Hyde Copse, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6PT
Received 17 Nov 202322 Willow Way, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4FX
Received 11 Apr 2022Kingswood, 2 Kings Lane, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0EJ
Received 11 Sept 2023The Norman Hall 9 Church Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4NJ
Received 26 Aug 2026Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 4 Jun 2024Cleycourt Manor, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HZ
Received 14 Mar 20237 Scantlebury Way, Wantage, OX12 8GJ
Received 23 Dec 2022Greenway Cottage, The Greenway, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RG
Received 14 Jan 20263-4 Kiln Cottages, Stanford Road, Faringdon, SN7 8EP
Received 12 Oct 2022Records 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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