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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.
8,475 approved · 808 refused · 906 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Mar 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 north of A417 and east of Wantage Cricket Club, Wantage, OX12 8PL
Received 21 Aug 201871 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6SQ
Received 22 Aug 2018Pippins, Locks Lane, Wantage, OX12 9DB
Received 23 Nov 202321 Hutchcomb Road, Oxford, OX2 9HN
Received 28 Nov 2025Tun House Woolstone Road Uffington Faringdon SN7 7RG
Received 28 May 2026Yeomans Cottage, 14 Mill Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NZ
Received 7 Mar 2025Denchworth Manor, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DX
Received 9 Mar 20229 Tatlings Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AT
Received 31 Aug 2022Naylesbridge Cottage, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 27 Oct 2021Eastwest, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AG
Received 27 Jan 2022Green Gables, 6 Longcot Road, Shrivenham, Oxon, SN6 8AL
Received 6 Dec 201813 Howard Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PS
Received 2 Apr 202411 Fishermans Wharf, Abingdon, OX14 5RX
Received 25 Jul 2022Land at Grove Road, Wantage
Received 11 Oct 202429 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EE
Received 28 Jun 2024Former Rogers Concrete, Sandshill, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 3 Apr 2025Broadleaze Barn, Longcot Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8HG
Received 1 Mar 2023Old School Yard Site, Off Pioneer Road, Pioneer Industrial Estate, Faringdon, SN7 7BU
Received 10 Feb 2023Unit 21, Peachcroft Farm, Whites Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HP
Received 17 Sept 202548 Wick Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AS
Received 29 Nov 2022Former Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 15 May 2025Willowbank, Millway Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LD
Received 17 Jun 2024Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DS
Received 16 Nov 2021Plough Inn, Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JR
Received 4 Oct 2018Records 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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