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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.
7,539 approved · 737 refused · 848 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Sept 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Grove Airfield, Newlands Drive, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NY
Received 13 Nov 202527 Cedar Road Oxford OX2 9EB
Received 20 Apr 20263 Stowford Cottage, Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LN
Received 19 Nov 202132 Forster Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QR
Received 29 Nov 2021Almshouses, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0ET
Received 30 Nov 2023Sabine Valley Farm Barns, Cumnor Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NS
Received 2 Jun 20251 Veor Farm, West Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UJ
Received 9 Dec 202439 Cherry Croft, Wantage, OX12 7GF
Received 11 Jul 2025Colt Corner, Horn Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LD
Received 27 Sept 2024Willowbrook, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EZ
Received 28 May 2024Little Acre, Hanney Road, Southmoor, OX13 5HT
Received 22 Jun 2022Former Seven Acres Nursery Site, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale
Received 19 Jun 2023Willowbank, Millway Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LD
Received 9 Nov 2023155 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 19 Jun 2025Common Park Valley Park Didcot
Received 23 Jul 202630 Foliat Drive, Wantage, OX12 7AN
Received 20 Apr 2021Pippins, Locks Lane, Wantage, OX12 9DB
Received 21 Sept 2021Aldi Foodstore, Wootton Road, Abingdon-on-Thames
Received 13 Jan 2023Care Home site, Centre West Phase, Kingsgrove, Oxfordshire
Received 27 Jul 2021Magpie Cottage, 30 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JW
Received 23 Oct 20231 The Holt, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 2DR
Received 4 May 2022Sparsholt Manor, Sparsholt Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 14 Feb 20228 Hunters Field, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LR
Received 21 Feb 20224 Dunstead Lane Wytham Oxford OX2 8QL
Received 2 Sept 2026Records 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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