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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.
9,107 approved · 851 refused · 968 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Thatched Cottage, 4 Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NR
Received 16 Apr 2025Little Acorns Nursery, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NA
Received 21 May 2024Land at Windmill View, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TR
Received 16 Sept 202215 Larkhill Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BL
Received 14 Aug 202521 St Pauls Crescent Oxford OX2 9AF
Received 18 Jun 202617 Oxford Lane, Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7PL
Received 15 Apr 2024Various site across South and Vale, From Clifton Hampden to Milton Exchange, Via Appleford
Received 16 Nov 2022Grove Park Lodge, Grove Park Drive, Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 0DH
Received 19 Apr 2018Brecon, Wantage Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LL
Received 23 Feb 2026The Mulberries, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JF
Received 18 Jan 20232 Manor Green, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DQ
Received 12 Dec 202255 Hanney Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AH
Received 5 Aug 2022Hollyvale, Chapel Road, Stanford in the Vale, FARINGDON, SN7 8LE
Received 26 Jan 2018Land to the South of Hanney Road, Cow Common, OX13 6AP
Received 29 Nov 2023Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 7 Jun 2021Melfort Hamels Lane Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5DJ
Received 26 Jun 2026Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 10 Feb 2026The Lagoon North of Bacquerel Avenue, Herwell Campus, Thomson Avenue, Harwell, OX11 0GD
Received 27 Mar 20192 Bertie Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PS
Received 25 Jun 2021Days House, 7 Westcot, Westcot, WANTAGE, OX12 9QB
Received 20 Nov 2017Lamborough House, The Old Pound, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BQ
Received 4 Jun 2025Mount Pleasant Farm, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PY
Received 28 Oct 202557 Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5JH
Received 25 May 2021Land to the South of Hanney Road, Cow Common, OX13 6AP
Received 3 Feb 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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