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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.
6,712 approved · 663 refused · 756 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Lindsay Drive, Abingdon, OX14 2RR
Received 3 May 20231 Gozzards Ford, Gozzards Ford, Abingdon, OX13 6JH
Received 26 Apr 2023North of Westcot Village along Westcot Lane, Sparsholt, OX12 9PZ
Received 2 Jan 2024Fieldside Farm, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 9 Dec 2024Green Farm, The Green, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EU
Received 27 Apr 202122 Orchard Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LQ
Received 18 Apr 2023Newly planted woodland within Sparsholt Manor Farm West Street Sparsholt OX12 9PS
Received 22 Sept 2026Smart Garden Products, Unit 1 Pentagon South, Barton Lane, Abingdon, OX14 3PZ
Received 13 Jan 2026Cart House Stable Building, Coleshill Estate Yard, Coleshill, Wiltshire, SN6 7PT
Received 25 Jun 2021Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 15 May 202387 High Street, Milton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4EJ
Received 5 Jul 2022Overford Farm Road Running Through Wytham Wytham Oxford OX2 8QN
Received 2 Sept 2026Swanacre, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AG
Received 17 Dec 202557 Berry Croft, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1JW
Received 2 Sept 2024Wick Cottage & Brook Cottage Farm, Main Street, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EN
Received 6 Dec 2021Rose Cottage, Morlands, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 27 Sept 2021Kingston Lisle House Kingston Lisle Park Kingston Lisle Wantage OX12 9QQ
Received 6 Aug 2026Hamilton House, Charney Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HW
Received 22 Dec 2021Maltravers Manor, West Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UJ
Received 15 Sept 2022OD036 East Challow, East Challow, OX12
Received 3 Jan 2024Infrastructure phase RM1a, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 7 Aug 2026Land West of Little Smiths Farm, Drayton, Abingdon
Received 28 Feb 2023Brethick, Downs Close, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LP
Received 27 Feb 2025The Vale Cottage, High Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RP
Received 1 Dec 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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