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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.
4,764 approved · 506 refused · 507 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Phase 1 Valley Park, Didcot
Received 17 Nov 2022Land at Millbrook House, High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EL
Received 1 Aug 2025Pages Farm, 125 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JS
Received 7 May 202529 King Street, Abingdon, OX14 5GB
Received 9 Feb 2024Rhodes Farm, Eaton Hastings, Faringdon, SN7 8BJ
Received 26 Mar 2026School House, 44 School Lane, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 28 Nov 2023West Acre, Faringdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QY
Received 22 Aug 2025Ardington House Church Street Ardington Wantage OX12 8QA
Received 19 Jun 202623 St Johns Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HA
Received 31 Mar 202555 Upthorpe Drive, Wantage, OX12 7DG
Received 26 Jun 20258 Crown Mews, Abingdon, OX14 5DS
Received 4 Jul 2025Mockbeggars House, Church End, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QQ
Received 6 Oct 2022Alfredian Park, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8DW
Received 13 Oct 2023The Old Rectory, Unnamed-b4001-single Carriageway (41608873), Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UP
Received 24 Sept 2025Walden, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DL
Received 20 Dec 2022Rochester House Eynsham Road Farmoor Oxford OX2 9NH
Received 14 May 2026Wallbrook Court, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0QS
Received 8 Jun 202311 Buckland Drive, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8FR
Received 10 Nov 202587 Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JJ
Received 2 May 2023O/S 31, St Michaels Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1DP
Received 8 Mar 2024Broomfield, Hamels Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DJ
Received 19 Dec 2022Greens Farmhouse, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NG
Received 20 Jan 2023The Old Barn, Henleys Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HU
Received 3 Jan 2026Blue Boar PH, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 17 Jul 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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