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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.
4,817 approved · 508 refused · 511 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 Mill Street, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9AB
Received 4 May 2023The Granary All Saints Lane Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AG
Received 6 May 2026The Gables, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 15 Mar 20242 Woodland Cottages, Bayworth Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DF
Received 30 Jun 2025123C Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DL
Received 21 Jun 20234 Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DF
Received 16 Jun 202525 Caldecott Chase, Abingdon, OX14 5GZ
Received 4 Nov 202599 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BY
Received 8 May 202550 Thesiger Road, Abingdon, OX14 2DX
Received 10 May 2024The Cleve, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 13 Mar 2024Cothill House School, Cothill, Abingdon, OX13 6JL
Received 20 Dec 202223 Bridge Street, Abingdon, OX14 3HN
Received 23 Mar 2023Frethorne Stud, New Road, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9PG
Received 31 May 2024Near Hill Farm, West Hendred, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8RL
Received 14 Jan 20265 Harcourt Way Wantage OX12 7DA
Received 14 May 2026Laurences, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PG
Received 3 Aug 2022Dignity Funerals Ltd, 4 Church Street, Wantage, OX12 8BL
Received 4 Oct 202434 Priory Orchard, Wantage, OX12 9EL
Received 4 Feb 2025Peachcroft Farm (Unit 11), Whites Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HP
Received 23 May 20254 Kimber Road, Abingdon, OX14 1SG
Received 24 Apr 2025Pound House 21 The Causeway Steventon Abingdon OX13 6SE
Received 15 Jun 20263 Laburnum Road, Botley, OX2 9EL
Received 17 Sept 2024OS 9 Frilsham Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4AZ
Received 5 Jan 202624 Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JB
Received 17 Oct 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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