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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.
8,490 approved · 808 refused · 907 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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, Crab Hill, Wantage
Received 5 Mar 201919 Heather Road, Milton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4EX
Received 23 Apr 201825 St Pauls Crescent, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9AF
Received 19 Jun 2025Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 31 May 2022Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 18 Feb 202540 Westfield, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LG
Received 23 Jul 2026Sunrise Nursery, Abingdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AR
Received 29 Mar 2022Jasmine Fields (Phase 2Ta), Valley Park, Didcot
Received 8 Jan 2026Boundary Park Pavilion, Greenwood Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6EY
Received 29 Oct 202544 Gilligans Way, Faringdon, SN7 7FX
Received 21 Oct 2022Appleton Manor Barn, Eaton Road, Appleton, Oxon, OX13 5JR
Received 5 May 2021Church Of St Mary Church Lane Ashbury Swindon SN6 8LZ
Received 2 Sept 202610 Littleworth Hill, Wantage, OX12 9AG
Received 9 Sept 2024Steventon Lights/High Street junction and, Milton Interchange inc junction with, Trenchard Avenue
Received 5 Oct 20213 Lashford Lane Dry Sandford Abingdon OX13 6DY
Received 10 Aug 2026Eidsvoll, Bedwells Heath, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JE
Received 29 Jun 20211A & 1B Ferry Walk, ABINGDON, OX14 5HR
Received 28 Mar 2018The Sundial, Horn Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LD
Received 7 Feb 2024Clover Meadow (Phase 6T) Valley Park Didcot
Received 23 Jul 2026Roseland, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LZ
Received 13 Jan 2023Coralea, School Road, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LA
Received 26 May 2021Land off Blackbird Lane, Milton, OX14 4EH
Received 12 Jun 202530 Montagu Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9AH
Received 20 Jul 2018Whites Farm House, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW
Received 19 Nov 2025Records 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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