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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.
8,994 approved · 837 refused · 949 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Pear Tree Cottage, Road Running Through Little Coxwell, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LW
Received 27 Sept 2023Princes Manor Farm, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HA
Received 13 Dec 2024Three Ways, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8JA
Received 27 Feb 2023Manor Farm, North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 13 Dec 2024157 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9NE
Received 26 Jan 2021Land at Stockham Farm, Wantage, OX12 9BQ
Received 17 Oct 202236 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6DY
Received 23 Aug 2021Ware Road, Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire
Received 14 Mar 2019189 Ock Street Abingdon OX14 5DW
Received 27 May 2026Bigwood Caravan Park, Sugworth Lane, Radley, Oxfordshire
Received 26 Nov 2018Ferry Cottage, Eaton Hastings, Faringdon, SN7 8BJ
Received 18 Nov 202138 Winterborne Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1AL
Received 5 Jun 2024Malthouse, Ginge, Wantage, OX12 8QS
Received 23 Feb 2024Jasmine, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8EX
Received 27 Sept 2018Blewbury Mill, Blewbury Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9EB
Received 5 Mar 2019Loaders Cottage, Church Street, West Hanney, WANTAGE, OX12 0LW
Received 13 Dec 2017Marcham Mill, Mill Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6PB
Received 9 Oct 20184, East St. Helen Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3HG
Received 13 Aug 20186 St Annes Mews, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8FG
Received 26 Feb 2018High Trees, Charlton Village Road, Charlton, Wantage, OX12 7HQ
Received 2 Jan 202411 Crabtree Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HS
Received 26 Jan 2026Home Farm house, 14-16 Milton Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SA
Received 26 Sept 2018Sutton Courtenay Materials Recycling Facility, Sutton Courtenay Waste Management Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PW
Received 18 Jun 20263 Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3JF
Received 2 Dec 2022Records 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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