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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.
6,657 approved · 655 refused · 751 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Swallows, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 2 Mar 2022Kingston Bagpuize House, Abingdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AX
Received 7 Nov 2024Skippets Stables, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 28 Jan 2025The Abbey, The Green, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AF
Received 27 Sept 202450 Laburnum Road, Oxford, OX2 9EN
Received 23 Jul 2025Near 55 Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AU
Received 11 Apr 202312 Sweetmans Road, Oxford, OX2 9BA
Received 26 Sept 2025West View Reading Road Harwell Didcot OX11 0JJ
Received 12 Aug 2026Manor Farm House, 29 Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JR
Received 28 Nov 2022A34 and A4183 Lodge Hill Interchange, Abingdon, OX14 1RW
Received 24 Oct 202420 New Road, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0ER
Received 24 Aug 202126 Welford Gardens, Abingdon, OX14 2BW
Received 17 Jun 202432 Nuffield Way, Abingdon, OX14 1RL
Received 25 May 2023The Farthings, 110, Lower Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3BA
Received 27 Jan 2025Didcot Extra Care, Greenwood Way, Didcot, OX11 6GD
Received 4 Apr 2022The Grapes, 28 High street, Abingdon, OX14 5AX
Received 16 Mar 2022Radley College, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HR
Received 6 Dec 2023Hanney Nurseries, Steventon Road, East Hanney, OX12 0HS
Received 26 Aug 202152 Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PQ
Received 23 Mar 202249 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PT
Received 10 Oct 20221 Challow Marsh Cottages, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 0ED
Received 18 Mar 2025123C Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DL
Received 28 Nov 2024Oxford Lawn Tennis Club, North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 9 Dec 2021Former Grove Airfield (Phase 7) West of Grove to the West of, Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 9 Dec 2025Records 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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