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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.
7,735 approved · 763 refused · 861 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, North of Thomson Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QG
Received 24 Jun 2024Grove House South, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PF
Received 9 Sept 2024Red House Farm, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9ND
Received 27 Nov 2023PCP012, O/S 48 Denchworth Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9ES
Received 8 Nov 201829 Picklers Hill, Abingdon, OX14 2BB
Received 11 Apr 202219 Hanson Drive, Oxford, OX2 9RY
Received 10 Feb 2022Former Parklands School, Besselsleigh, Appleton, Oxford
Received 27 Mar 201921 North Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QN
Received 25 Aug 2022Faringdon Community College, Fernham Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7LB
Received 21 Nov 20259A Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AB
Received 1 Jun 2023Zephyr Building, 4 Eighth Street, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0RL
Received 14 Dec 2018Boarder Meadows, Woolstone Road, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RG
Received 21 Dec 2021Spring Cottage, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 5 Aug 2025Dulcina, Newmans Close, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JA
Received 2 Nov 20211 West St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BL
Received 18 Nov 2022Chandler House, Cumnor Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NS
Received 27 Jul 2024Victoria Cross Gallery, Market Place, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8AS
Received 3 Sept 2021Manners House, 2 Eagle Lane, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TF
Received 4 Sept 2018Huntsgrave Farm, Woodway Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9HW
Received 19 Mar 2021Thickets, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5BQ
Received 23 May 20253 West Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9PR
Received 22 Feb 2022Wantage House, Faringdon Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1BD
Received 23 Aug 201816 Abingdon Road Cumnor Oxford OX2 9QN
Received 15 Jul 2026Kingston Lisle House Kingston Lisle Park Kingston Lisle OX12 9QQ
Received 12 Jun 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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