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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,000 approved · 783 refused · 883 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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Cuttlebrook House 11 Charlton Village Road Charlton Wantage OX12 7HE
Received 29 Jul 2026Tilbury Fields off Bushy Close Botley, Oxford, OX2 9SH
Received 9 Mar 2021Lay House, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JE
Received 22 Jun 2022Barn at Old Manor Farmhouse Lower Bourton Swindon SN6 8HU
Received 21 Apr 2026Parcel DN01ABC (Phase 18)
Received 29 Oct 201894 High Street, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8SW
Received 6 Jun 2022Tun House Woolstone Road Uffington Faringdon SN7 7RG
Received 9 Apr 202621 Mill Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NZ
Received 5 Mar 2026Old Farmhouse, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 5 Dec 20256 Millets Farm Cottages, Garford, Abingdon, OX13 5PD
Received 17 Jun 2021Sutton Courtenay Recreation Ground, Old Wallingford Way, OX14 4AR
Received 15 Sept 2025Denchworth area
Received 19 Jul 2022Land to the South of Cottage Farm, Cottage Road, Stanford in the Vale, SN7 8HY
Received 21 Jul 2025Glebe Farm Composting Site, off the B4508, Hinton Waldrist, Oxfordshire
Received 5 Mar 2024Tall Trees, 11 Rimes Close, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AL
Received 7 May 202135 Montagu Road, Botley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9AQ
Received 25 May 202264 Vineyard, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3PB
Received 20 Mar 202325 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU
Received 4 Apr 2022Chestnut Rise, The Park, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HB
Received 18 Mar 2022Cleave Cottage, The Cleave, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EL
Received 21 Nov 202429 Tatham Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1QB
Received 10 Mar 2022Workshop, Kiln Cottages, Stanford Road, Faringdon, SN7 8EP
Received 3 Mar 2025Land at Crab Hill, Land north of A417 and east of A338, Wantage, OX12 7GQ
Received 20 Jan 2023Lime Tree House, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EX
Received 14 Jun 2022Records 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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