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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.
7,893 approved · 775 refused · 871 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Jul 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Steventon Road, East Hanney
Received 11 Dec 2025Bridus Cottage, South Street, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9PR
Received 16 May 2022Foal House, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 6 Oct 2021Land off Sandford Lane, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RP
Received 23 Mar 2022217 Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3SQ
Received 18 Dec 20241 The Lane, Fox Glade Farm, SN7 7QL
Received 21 Aug 2025Land adj School House, School Road, Ardington, OX12 8PN
Received 21 Jan 2026Former Rogers Concrete, Sandshill, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 3 Apr 2025Monks Farm, Grove
Received 18 Dec 202586 Penlon Place, Abingdon, OX14 3QQ
Received 21 Aug 2023Bakers, Wellshead, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HD
Received 7 Jun 2024Tall Trees, 11 Rimes Close, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AL
Received 19 Dec 2022The Undercroft, Red Copse Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5ER
Received 2 Sept 202510, Lower Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AX
Received 3 Oct 2022The White Horse Leisure And Tennis Centre, Audlett Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3PJ
Received 11 Mar 2025The White House, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9JL
Received 10 Oct 2024The Cottage, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 3 Nov 2022B188 Park Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SR
Received 24 Jan 201956 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JZ
Received 14 Jul 20236 Chambrai Close, Appleford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4NT
Received 22 Oct 2018123 Ock Street, Oxfordshire, Abingdon, OX14 5DL
Received 12 Aug 202432 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NZ
Received 27 Sept 2023Building R92, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 11 Jul 2018Silkie, Chapel Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LE
Received 13 Jun 2024Records 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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