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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.
8,829 approved · 825 refused · 930 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Dec 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rollers Barn Road Running Through Wytham Wytham Oxford OX2 8QA
Received 2 Sept 2026Wantage Motorist Centre, 1 Hans Avenue, Wantage, OX12 7DB
Received 7 Dec 2022Downs Cottage, Fernham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TG
Received 23 Jan 201911-12 Market Place Wantage OX12 8AB
Received 16 Jul 2026Chilswell Farm, Mill Barn, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EP
Received 18 Mar 2022Coppice Leaze Farm, Coppice Lane, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TJ
Received 24 Jun 20211 Farm Cottages, Stonehill Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HU
Received 5 Dec 2023Common Barn, Abingdon, OX13 5PA
Received 23 Jul 20243 Spa Street, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0TX
Received 13 Jul 2021Downside House Newbury Road East Hendred Wantage OX12 8LG
Received 4 May 2026King Alfreds School, Portway, Wantage, OX12 9BY
Received 27 Jun 2023Montrose, Grove Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EG
Received 29 Mar 202228 Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8BH
Received 5 Apr 2023Petherton, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LN
Received 18 Jul 2022White Lodge 21 Coxwell Road Faringdon SN7 7EB
Received 8 Jun 202653 Laburnum Road, Oxford, OX2 9EN
Received 29 Aug 2023Land at Crab Hill, Land north of A417 and east of A338, Wantage, OX12 7GQ
Received 1 Jun 2023Rushey Cottage, Road Passing Carswell Manor, Carswell, Faringdon, SN7 8PS
Received 24 May 2021Cottage On, The Green, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EU
Received 26 Sept 2025Land west of Stockham Farmhouse, Wantage, OX12 9BG
Received 28 Sept 2018Chilton Recycling Facility, Waste Transfer Station, Downs Lane, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RP
Received 12 Dec 2023East House, High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4AW
Received 16 Nov 2022Rushey Cottage, Carswell, Faringdon, SN7 8PS
Received 10 Jun 2025Manor Farm, Warborough Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LD
Received 15 Apr 2021Records 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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