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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.
7,241 approved · 709 refused · 820 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Dec 2018 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
3 Crabtree Road, Oxford, OX2 9DU
Received 24 May 202127 Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7BP
Received 29 Nov 2021Between A34 Milton Interchange, and B4015 Clifton Hampden
Received 5 Nov 2025Partridge Close, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4FT
Received 8 Oct 2024Thistledome, Grove Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EG
Received 26 Feb 202433 London Street Faringdon SN7 7AG
Received 9 Jun 2026The Bay Tree, The Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AN
Received 25 Mar 2026Land North of Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenham
Received 12 Jul 20243 Sandford Lane, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RW
Received 5 Jan 2026Gramps Hill Stud, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LX
Received 17 Jul 2025St Hughs School, Carswell Manor, Carswell, Faringdon, SN7 8PT
Received 9 Dec 2025Abbey Timbers, Broadway, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LA
Received 28 Jul 2021Land south of Road 4 and west of Road 6, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 20 Mar 2026Holly Tree Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QW
Received 19 Oct 2022Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 2 May 2023The Garden House, Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DU
Received 3 Apr 2023Eulalie Icknield Lane Wantage OX12 8EF
Received 4 Jun 20261 Woodland Cottages, Bayworth Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DF
Received 30 Jul 202435 Bushy Close, Botley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9SJ
Received 26 Jul 202110 Millbrook Close, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QL
Received 1 Dec 20221 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4AD
Received 31 Oct 20242 High View, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RS
Received 29 Aug 20249 Broadwater Place, Wantage, OX12 8GR
Received 9 Mar 202313 Charney Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2NZ
Received 20 Aug 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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