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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.
5,662 approved · 580 refused · 631 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
22 Badswell Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JN
Received 12 May 2022Land at Crab Hill, Wantage Eastern Link Road
Received 23 May 2023Laurences, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PG
Received 24 Nov 20216 Chailey Gardens, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9FL
Received 11 Aug 2022Mill Lodge, Berry Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QJ
Received 11 Jul 20242 Oakenholt Cottage, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NL
Received 5 Jan 20231 The Park, Cumnor, Oxon, OX2 9QS
Received 31 Oct 2024Street Record, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 6QL
Received 13 Jul 2022Land north of Copenhagen Drive Abingdon OX14 1RF
Received 8 May 202627 Neave Mews, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5FP
Received 14 May 2022Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 25 Apr 202536 Bertie Road, Cumnor, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9PS
Received 4 May 2023Land north west of Abingdon-on-Thames, Land bound by Wootton Road, Dunmore Road and the A34, Abingdon
Received 13 Jun 2024The Retreat Chapel Lane Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PQ
Received 2 Sept 202618 Scantlebury Way, Wantage, OX12 8GJ
Received 6 Mar 2026Rowstock House Wantage Road Rowstock Didcot OX11 0JP
Received 9 Sept 2026Mill Stream Court, Access To Mill Stream Court, Abingdon, OX14 5XA
Received 17 Jan 2022Lark Rise, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NP
Received 13 Dec 2021Brook House, The Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AW
Received 16 Apr 2024Dignity Funerals, 81 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AG
Received 7 Oct 202438B Sellwood Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PF
Received 13 Feb 202567 Abingdon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4HW
Received 25 Nov 2025Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 10 Jul 2024Field View, Canal Farm Lane, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9YQ
Received 6 Nov 2023Records 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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