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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.
7,809 approved · 770 refused · 867 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Monks Farm, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 3 May 202412 Beech Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9EE
Received 6 Mar 2025The Hart Of Harwell, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EH
Received 14 Nov 2024Lowes Barn, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LU
Received 26 Aug 2022Parsonage House, 90 High Street, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8SW
Received 19 Feb 2026The Old House, 72 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AS
Received 7 May 2021Buckland Service Station, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PY
Received 1 Oct 2018Bury Hill Cottage, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NG
Received 4 Oct 20235 Manor Court, Abingdon, OX14 5EF
Received 20 Aug 2024Ramseys, 47 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AT
Received 25 Mar 2019Ock Mill, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AD
Received 20 Nov 2023Silkie, Chapel Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LE
Received 13 Nov 2025King Alfred School East, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8ET
Received 15 Aug 2018Harcott House & Lodge, Wellshead, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0HD
Received 6 Dec 20234 Lime Grove, Southmoor, Oxon, OX13 5DN
Received 31 Aug 2021Cottage Farm, Upper Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HY
Received 20 Jul 2023Winterset, Newmans Close, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JA
Received 29 Mar 20226 Mayfield Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LZ
Received 27 Sept 20242 Bacon Almshouses, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 3 Dec 20185 Gooseacre, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3BL
Received 18 Oct 2021Land adjacent to Matthew Arnold School, Arnold's Way, Oxford
Received 9 Dec 202524 Crabtree Road, Oxford, OX2 9DT
Received 15 Mar 2021Home Farm, Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 17 Feb 2025Monks Hollow, Newbury Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LG
Received 16 Oct 2023Records 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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