Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
8,372 approved · 803 refused · 901 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
The Dutch Barn, Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9NH
Received 14 Jul 2021The Firs, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0JL
Received 11 Sept 2018Lodge Farm House, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QD
Received 20 Sept 2023Land at Grove Road, Wantage
Received 26 May 2026Linden Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8QN
Received 3 Mar 202135 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2EE
Received 15 Jun 2018Chandler House Cumnor Road Farmoor Oxford OX2 9NS
Received 12 Jun 2026Ridgeview, Fawler Road, Uffington
Received 8 Aug 20255 Kenville Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PJ
Received 5 Dec 2023Land north west of Abingdon-on-Thames, Land bound by Wootton Road, Dunmore Road and the A34, Abingdon
Received 26 Nov 2021Land adjacent to Old School House, Baulking Lane, Baulking, SN7 7QE
Received 4 Aug 2022Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 9 Aug 2021Oxford Rugby Football Club North Hinksey Village Oxford OX2 0NA
Received 28 Jul 2026The Old Barn, 13 Henleys Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HU
Received 13 Jul 2021Sparsholt Court, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RL
Received 8 Jul 20252 Mandeville Close, Abingdon, OX14 2BD
Received 29 Jul 2024Pleasant Land, The Ridgeway, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EY
Received 16 Dec 2021Bohams House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 21 Jul 202222-26 The Clock House, Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 17 Jul 2023Land north of A147, Crab Hill, Wantage, Oxfordshire
Received 10 Aug 20231 Crafts End, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SA
Received 31 Mar 2022Plot 6 Hidden Brook, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NS
Received 26 Oct 2018Cleveland Farm, Shrivenham Road, Longcot, SN7 7TW
Received 27 Sept 2024Priory Cottage, 22 Church Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8BL
Received 28 Jan 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage