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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.
4,624 approved · 501 refused · 480 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Aug 2022 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Sprouts Playbarn, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5HB
Received 2 Mar 2026Radley College Kennington Road Radley Abingdon OX14 2HR
Received 20 Jul 2026The Coach House, The Old Rectory, 52 Sunningwell, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6RB
Received 5 Apr 2023Land at Wantage Fire Station, Ormond Road, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8DU
Received 8 Mar 2023Hollyvale, Chapel Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LE
Received 13 Aug 2024Chowle Barn, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LT
Received 3 Sept 20255 Hermitage Road, Abingdon, OX14 5RN
Received 17 May 202314 Colley Wood Kennington Oxford OX1 5NF
Received 31 Mar 2026Green Between Barn Close and Rose Terrace, Denchworth, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0DY
Received 19 Nov 2025Tally-ho, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 21 Jun 2023Andersey Farm, Grove Park Drive, Lockinge, OX12 8SG
Received 11 Aug 2022Little Orchard, Lamborough Hill, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DA
Received 31 Jan 2024Park Drive, Milton Park, Didcot, OX14 4RZ
Received 7 May 202538-44, Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QS
Received 7 Feb 2023Land south of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7NP
Received 13 Feb 2025Orchard House, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6RB
Received 1 Feb 2023Former Grove Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road
Received 25 Oct 2023Priors Court, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 25 Mar 2025Stainswick Lane, Shrivenham, SN6 8LB
Received 15 May 2023All Saints Church, Goosey, Oxon, SN7 8PA
Received 17 Jan 202448 Charlton Road, Wantage, OX12 8HG
Received 3 Jul 202525 Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DW
Received 28 Jan 2026Unit 22, Peachcroft Farm, Whites Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HP
Received 17 Sept 20253 & 4 Skeats Bush, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LH
Received 18 Mar 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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