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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.
8,049 approved · 787 refused · 886 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
6 St Anne's Mews, Wantage, OX12 8FG
Received 11 Oct 2024Lower Lodge Farm, Charney Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HW
Received 23 Apr 2024Faringdon Junior School, Gloucester Street, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7HZ
Received 23 Sept 2018The White House, Horn Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LD
Received 23 Aug 2018Land at Townsend Road, Shrivenham
Received 3 Nov 2022Bohams House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 18 Sept 20247 Meadow Close, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9PA
Received 30 Sept 2024Frilford Service Station, Frilford Road (A415), Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 6QL
Received 14 Nov 2023Sudbury House, 56 London Street, Farringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 18 Jun 2018Challow Hill Farm, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9PD
Received 6 Jun 2024Vale of White Horse Business Park, Ware Road, Stanford in the Vale, SN7 8NN
Received 2 Sept 2025The Old Malt House, 48 Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 23 Oct 2025The Shepherds Cottage, 2 Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PP
Received 17 May 2021Martins Cottage, Horn Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LD
Received 4 Sept 201834 Yarnells Hill, North Hinksey, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9BE
Received 5 Apr 2022Chain Hill House, Chain Hill, Wantage, OX12 8PB
Received 12 Mar 2024Dove Lodge, Radcot Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8DT
Received 28 Jun 201841 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 1EA
Received 12 Mar 2019Bladon, 2 Lyon Close, Abingdon, OX14 1PT
Received 12 Jun 2024Birch House, 8 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JX
Received 13 Jan 2026Upwood Quarry, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5DW
Received 18 Sept 20184 Long Alley Almshouses St Helens Wharf Abingdon OX14 5EJ
Received 19 Jun 2026Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 11 Apr 2024Care Home, Fullers Meadow, Wantage, OX12 7FU
Received 17 Feb 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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