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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.
5,625 approved · 578 refused · 630 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Nov 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Albert Park, Abingdon, Oxon
Received 3 Jun 2024Quad 2 Rutherford Avenue Harwell Oxford Didcot OX11 0DF
Received 28 Jul 2026Clare Cottage, Park Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JT
Received 23 Apr 2025Lavenda House, Fieldside, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9HY
Received 28 Oct 2024Manor Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NN
Received 3 Feb 2026The Croft, Church Street, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8QA
Received 8 Feb 20239 Wick Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AS
Received 27 Nov 202321A School Lane, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EH
Received 5 May 202525 Orchard Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LQ
Received 20 Oct 2023Shrivenham Park Golf Course, Pennyhooks Lane, Shrivenham, SN6 8EX
Received 14 Nov 2025Lilac Barn, 41c High Street, Watchfield, SN6 8SZ
Received 7 Nov 2024Firstone, Cemetery Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AS
Received 10 Jul 2025Delamere, Letcombe Bassett, Oxon, OX12 9LR
Received 28 Jan 2025Maryhill, Naldertown, Wantage, OX12 9EB
Received 14 Jul 2023Sutton Courtenay School, Bradstocks Way, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4DA
Received 27 Jan 20222 Gloucester Street, Faringdon, SN7 7HY
Received 19 Nov 2025Pennyhooks Farm, Shrivenham, SN6 8EX
Received 28 Mar 202455 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EE
Received 16 Dec 2024Westbury, Orchard Close, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JJ
Received 19 Jan 202623 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AG
Received 7 Dec 2021Chilton Recycling Facility, Waste Transfer Station, Downs Lane, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RP
Received 6 Mar 2024Faringdon Infant School, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8AH
Received 20 Feb 202694 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6EB
Received 9 Aug 2022Blewbury Methodist Church, Chapel Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PQ
Received 11 Apr 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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