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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.
9,248 approved · 859 refused · 982 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land south of Curie Avenue and west of Eighth Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 10 Jun 2024Wychwood, Newmans Close, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JA
Received 17 Apr 2023Land at Grove Road, Grove
Received 18 Nov 2024Bog End, Kingstone Winslow, Swindon, SN6 8NJ
Received 29 Oct 2021Westcot Farm, Westcot, Wantage, OX12 9QA
Received 17 Aug 2022Greenside, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NN
Received 18 Nov 2021Buckland Service Station, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PY
Received 14 Mar 2019Burnt House Farm, 25 High Street, Cumnor, Oxon, OX2 9QD
Received 21 Nov 201839 Berry Croft, Abingdon, OX14 1JN
Received 14 Sept 2022Kingston Bagpuize Sports Ground, Edward Strauss Park, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5GD
Received 13 Mar 20259 Bath Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3QH
Received 20 Jun 2025Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4FB
Received 28 Sept 20212 The Green, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4AE
Received 22 Sept 201742 Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, ABINGDON, OX14 4FB
Received 15 Jan 2018Wellclose, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QN
Received 20 May 2022Willow Pond Farm, Appleton Road, Longworth, Oxfordshire, OX13 5EF
Received 23 Jan 202658 High Street Drayton Abingdon OX14 4JW
Received 17 Sept 2026The Byre, Chawley Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PX
Received 12 Oct 2018Opp Terrafirma Roadways Ltd, Thrupp Lane, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3NG
Received 3 Nov 2023Arnhem Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QW
Received 14 Aug 202510 Daisy Bank, Abingdon, OX14 3TW
Received 23 May 2023Phase 8 Grove Airfield, Denchworth Road, Grove, Wantage
Received 25 Jun 20267 The Warren, Abingdon, OX14 3XB
Received 3 Sept 2018Pewit Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8LY
Received 10 Sept 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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