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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.
6,649 approved · 655 refused · 751 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
A4130, Milton Heights, Didcot, OX14 4RX
Received 18 Mar 202654 Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PQ
Received 16 Jun 2023Land at former Didcot A Power Station, Purchas Road, Didcot, OX11 7HA
Received 28 Sept 2021Agents Cottage, White Barn, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HH
Received 22 Sept 2021Roffen, Main Street, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7HT
Received 23 Jan 2024Glebe Farm, Priors Lane, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8RX
Received 17 Mar 2023Land adjacent Apple Tree Cottage, Church Street, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PA
Received 2 Mar 20223 Ormond Road, Wantage, OX12 8EG
Received 4 Jan 2024The Manor House, 30 Church Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HU
Received 1 Apr 2021North End Cottage, Ebbs Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HL
Received 10 Nov 2022The Sawmill, Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2LL
Received 7 Feb 2024The White House, The Ridgeway, Manor Road, Wantage, OX11 8LX
Received 23 Dec 202171 Arthray Road, Oxford, OX2 9AD
Received 18 Jan 202392 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LW
Received 20 Dec 2024Land south of Fermi Avenue and west of Road 6 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX
Received 29 Jun 20269 Harcourt Way Abingdon OX14 1NU
Received 1 Sept 2026Hill View, 3 Manor Road, South Hinksey, Oxford, OX1 5AS
Received 15 Jun 2021Army Rowing Club, Wilsham Road, Abingdon, OX14 5LD
Received 23 Jul 2021Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, South of Thomson Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QG
Received 27 Nov 2024Coseners House, 15-16 Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 7 Jul 202312 Hiskins Wantage OX12 9HU
Received 31 Jul 20261 Sympson Close, Abingdon, OX14 5RB
Received 20 Jul 2023Former Seven Acres Nursery Site, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale
Received 7 Sept 20233a Kerry Terrace, Summerside, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QZ
Received 17 Jul 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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