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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.
7,800 approved · 770 refused · 866 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Chancel Way Marcham Abingdon OX13 6QB
Received 1 Jul 2026New Farm, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4HD
Received 31 Aug 20218 Meadow Way, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7UL
Received 7 Dec 20214A Lombard Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BJ
Received 5 Mar 2019Charney Manor, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EJ
Received 2 Aug 2018The Former Pump Station, Newbury Road, Harwell
Received 27 Oct 2022Sutton Courtenay Waste Mangement Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay
Received 9 Jun 2025Land south of A417, Kingsgrove, Wantage
Received 20 Apr 20237 Neville Way Stanford In The Vale Faringdon SN7 8LY
Received 12 Jun 202610 Willes Close, Faringdon, SN7 7DU
Received 27 Nov 2018O/S 24 St Swithuns Road, Oxford, OX1 5PU
Received 7 Aug 2025137 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5QW
Received 28 Aug 2025The Clock House, 18 Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AA
Received 5 Nov 2024Land at Thrupp Farm, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Received 25 Feb 2025Deans Farm, Church Street, West Hanney, OX12 0LW
Received 1 Mar 2021Didcot Power Station, Rwe N Power Plc, Didcot Power Station, Didcot, OX11 7HA
Received 26 Aug 2025Stanford in the Vale Primary School, High Street, Stanford in the Vale, SN7 8LH
Received 19 Jan 2026Land Adjoining Foxcombe Rise, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DL
Received 16 Jan 2026201 South Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QU
Received 12 Jul 2022Niesen, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5AF
Received 13 Mar 20239 Ferny Close Radley Abingdon OX14 3AN
Received 29 Jul 2026Hq Building, H E Space Thomson Avenue Harwell Oxford Didcot OX11 0GD
Received 28 Jul 202677 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PU
Received 26 Feb 20211 The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HH
Received 1 Jul 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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