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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.
9,229 approved · 859 refused · 979 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Sept 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lime Tree Cottage, West, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8QS
Received 11 Jan 201913 Fairthorne Way, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EB
Received 21 Oct 20224 North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0JS
Received 23 Dec 2022Whitwick Grosvenor Road Oxford OX2 9AX
Received 7 Apr 202690 Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9PQ
Received 7 Dec 2017Bright Horizons Nursery, 5 Gentian Mews, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6GR
Received 24 Apr 2024Land North West of, Dunmore Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Received 1 Jul 2021RM1A, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 17 Mar 2025157 Eynsham Road Botley Oxford OX2 9NE
Received 26 Jun 20266 Blackthorn Row, Faringdon, SN7 7GY
Received 14 Sept 20224 Brogden Close, North Hinksey, OX2 9DS
Received 13 Jul 202610 Red Copse Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5ER
Received 23 Dec 202439 Foster Road, Abingdon, OX14 1YW
Received 31 Oct 2023Magpie Cottage, 30 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JW
Received 4 Feb 2022North Little Green, South Little Green, Green North & South, The Green, Steventon, OX13 6RR
Received 11 Jan 2022Rush Common County Primary School, Hendred Way, Abingdon, OX14 2AW
Received 13 Apr 2023Fairfield, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DD
Received 1 Nov 202235 Big Wood Park, Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2LL
Received 15 Apr 2021Bonne Nuit, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7NB
Received 12 Jan 2018Malin Place, New Road, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RA
Received 6 Jul 2018Frilford Heath Golf Club, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, ABINGDON, OX13 5NW
Received 2 Oct 2017Land to the rear of 89A-93, Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9DG
Received 14 Feb 2023Richmond Letcombe Regis, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9RG
Received 20 Feb 2026Hunters Lodge, Fox Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DS
Received 24 Aug 2021Records 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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