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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.
8,546 approved · 811 refused · 913 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Radley C of E Primary School, Church Road, Radley, OX14 3QF
Received 2 Apr 2025Chandlers, Halls Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HJ
Received 19 Oct 2021Downs House, Rectory Lane, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW
Received 18 Feb 2026Wantage Motorist Centre, 1 Hans Avenue, Wantage, OX12 7DB
Received 30 Jul 2024Various sites, Faringdon, SN7 7HL
Received 9 Apr 202479 Swinburne Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HF
Received 23 May 2024Field House Park Lane Appleton Abingdon OX13 5JT
Received 28 Aug 202652A Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BZ
Received 16 Oct 202510 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AP
Received 13 Feb 2023The Bungalow, Letcombe Hill, East Challow, Oxfordshire, OX12 9RP
Received 16 Apr 2025Land alongside Dormer Cottage, 25 Abingdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QN
Received 23 Nov 20212 Wixes Piece, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8DB
Received 14 Mar 2022Glebe House, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 10 Nov 2025The Beeches, Vernon Avenue, Oxford, OX2 9AU
Received 31 Oct 202411 Summerside, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QY
Received 9 Jan 2026153A Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, OX14 4SB
Received 5 Jan 2024Woodbine Cottage, 83 Mill Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SP
Received 11 Sept 2018The Moorings, Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LW
Received 4 Oct 2021Pennyhooks Farm, Pennyhooks Lane, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EX
Received 9 Oct 2023Holywell House Fernham Road Shellingford Faringdon SN7 7PU
Received 30 May 2026Land at North Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenahm, SN6 8BH
Received 14 Dec 2021Hyde Farm, Road Running Through Baulking, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 7QE
Received 31 Jul 2018Manor Farm, W Cumber & Son (Theale) Ltd, Mill Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NZ
Received 22 Feb 2021Land West of Bellingers Garage, Station Road, Grove, OX12 7PH
Received 21 Mar 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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