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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.
9,296 approved · 864 refused · 985 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Penny Green, Cat Street, East Hendred, OX12 8JT
Received 2 Dec 2022Unit 14 The Quadrangle, Grove Business Park, Wantage, OX12 9FA
Received 13 Jun 202528 Grundy Crescent, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PS
Received 19 Jun 2023Audley House, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QW
Received 24 Oct 2023Skippets Stables, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 9 Mar 20221 The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RR
Received 31 Jan 2023Whitewalls, Red Copse Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5ER
Received 17 Dec 2018Pound House, 21 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 24 Apr 2024Lady Place, High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire
Received 21 May 201814 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PT
Received 12 Oct 2018Open space in village centre called the Playclose, Blewbury
Received 7 Mar 2024Land North West of, Dunmore Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Received 29 Jan 201926 Metcalfe Close, Abingdon, OX14 5TH
Received 9 Jan 201941 The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6RR
Received 4 Nov 20187 Deanfield Road, Oxford, OX2 9DW
Received 29 Sept 2022Springhill Farm, Springhill, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HL
Received 28 Jul 2022Stone Farm, Majors Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TR
Received 20 Apr 202657 The Old Barn, Chawley Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PX
Received 8 Oct 202471 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5QN
Received 8 Dec 2022Pollards, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 25 Feb 2021Land Adjoining Village Hall, Church Hill, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SH
Received 15 Jun 2023Manor Farm House, Unnamed Road Between The Greenway And Ginge Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RX
Received 16 Oct 20253 Longcot Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, Oxfordshire, SN6 8AL
Received 17 Jan 2018Land to the rear of The Rowans, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8DW
Received 11 Dec 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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