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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.
7,282 approved · 717 refused · 824 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Hawkridge, South Row, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RT
Received 9 Apr 2025Hattons Farm, Radcot Road, Faringdon, SN7 8DT
Received 17 Jul 2024208 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LR
Received 26 Oct 20228 Stanford Drive, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1EW
Received 13 Apr 2022The Longhouse, Fyfield Wick, Abingdon, OX13 5ND
Received 15 Dec 2023Rustning Cottage South Street Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PR
Received 13 Apr 20266 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9HA
Received 3 Sept 2024Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4FB
Received 7 Aug 20252 Orchard Close, Abingdon, OX14 2EF
Received 30 Mar 202319 Cleycourt Road, Shrivenham, SN6 8BN
Received 16 Sept 20221 Woodview, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8EL
Received 18 Nov 2025Winterbrook Farm, Bessels Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NL
Received 5 May 20219 Jacksmeadow, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7GN
Received 24 Nov 2021Severn Road, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0PW
Received 20 Mar 2025Land to the north of Frome Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 2 May 2023The Old House, Main Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JP
Received 5 Feb 20249 Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DF
Received 6 Apr 2022Bowling Green Farm Sandpit Stanford Road Faringdon SN7 8EZ
Received 24 Jul 2026Land to the south of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QG
Received 6 Jan 2026Ash Tree in front of Chimes, Bessels Lea, Blewbury, OX11 9NW
Received 13 Jun 2025Land south of Curie Avenue and west of Second Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QG
Received 22 Aug 202416 Selwyn Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3AL
Received 20 Dec 2022Land adjacent to Building R108, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, OX11 0QX
Received 21 Mar 2024Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 14 Aug 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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