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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,890 approved · 515 refused · 524 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Harwell Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BN
Received 28 Aug 20241 Church Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NP
Received 13 Oct 2022Fern House, 3 Manor Lane, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AD
Received 20 Jan 202332 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon
Received 27 Nov 2025The Old Maltings, Vineyard, Abingdon, OX14 3UG
Received 5 Mar 2025Land off Upper Farm Road, Chilton
Received 17 Aug 2022Stanford in the Vale Primary School, High Street, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LH
Received 19 Jan 2026Meadow Barn, Andersey Farm, Grove Park Drive, Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 8SG
Received 28 Aug 2026The Kings Manor, High Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JY
Received 31 Jul 20247 Jacksmeadow, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7GN
Received 2 Mar 2026The Old Gaol Office, 65 The Old Gaol, Abingdon, OX14 3HE
Received 4 Apr 20243 Windmill Place, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RT
Received 9 Feb 20267 Road Running Through Wytham Wytham Oxford OX2 8QA
Received 2 Sept 2026Land north west of Abingdon, Land bound by Wootton Road, Dunmore Road and the A34, Abingdon
Received 21 Oct 2024Knights Cottage, 10 Summerside, Buckland, Oxfordshire, SN7 8QY
Received 3 Dec 2025116A Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PQ
Received 8 Apr 20257 Harcourt Way, Abingdon, OX14 1NU
Received 3 Jan 202318 Patricks Orchard, Uffington, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7RL
Received 7 May 2024Wytham Abbey, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QB
Received 30 Nov 2023The Old Bakery, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EP
Received 5 Jul 202322 Simpsons Way, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RZ
Received 19 Aug 2024The Old House, 17 Upper Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HY
Received 26 Mar 202539 Barretts Way, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4DD
Received 23 Mar 20231 The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RR
Received 5 Aug 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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