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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.
8,632 approved · 815 refused · 918 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
1 Cranbrook Drive Kennington Oxford OX1 5RR
Received 3 Aug 202636 Coulings Close, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JH
Received 4 Jul 2024Rhamnous Cotswold Road Oxford OX2 9JG
Received 5 Oct 202687 High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EJ
Received 25 Jul 2023Lot 3 Land At Crab Hill, Land North Of A417 & East Of A338, Wantage
Received 4 Jun 2024Area C, Unit 4, Radley Road Industrial Estate, Abingdon, OX14 3RY
Received 9 Mar 2022Blenheim House, Blenheim Hill, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DS
Received 20 Apr 202318 Parklands, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5PN
Received 20 Mar 2024Land at Digging Lane, Fyfield, Abingdon
Received 20 Aug 202523 Church Lane, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 11 Sept 2023Former Hills Nurseries, Netherton Road, Appleton, OX13 5QN
Received 7 Aug 2024Land at Monks Farm, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 10 Apr 2024New Haven, Old Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JJ
Received 5 Jul 201840 Warmans Close, Wantage, OX12 9XT
Received 10 Nov 2021Alyn House, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 4 Apr 202514 Whites Lane, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2JJ
Received 30 Jul 2018Manor Cottage, Park Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JU
Received 26 Sept 202531 Denchworth Road, Wantage, OX12 9AX
Received 29 Jul 2024The Cherry Barn, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EY
Received 10 May 2024Former Wicklesham Quarry, Faringdon, SN7 7PH
Received 1 May 2025Long Reach, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DW
Received 25 Feb 2021Vicars Row, 11 Alfred Street, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8AN
Received 18 Oct 2022Various Sites
Received 10 Apr 2026Mill Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NP
Received 11 Mar 2024Records 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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