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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.
5,124 approved · 541 refused · 568 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Mar 2022 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SO 59 Oxford Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2AA
Received 8 Apr 2024St Amands House, Church Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LA
Received 5 Apr 202285 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QR
Received 10 Sept 202531 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AH
Received 14 Nov 2022Keston, 37 Spring Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AR
Received 16 Jun 2025126 Thames View, Abingdon, OX14 3ZD
Received 1 Apr 2022The Courtyard, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AX
Received 19 Apr 202415-16 Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 25 Jul 2023West Way Square, Botley
Received 27 Jun 2022Buscot Village, Faringdon, SN7 8DA
Received 21 Nov 2025The Bungalow, High Street, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8RN
Received 16 Apr 2024Manor Farm, Mill Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NZ
Received 14 Nov 2025The Presbytery, St Marys Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LF
Received 21 Jan 202623 Gilligans Way, Faringdon, SN7 7FX
Received 19 Apr 2022Rowstock Corner Garage, Abingdon Road, Rowstock, Didcot, OX11 0JW
Received 10 May 2022Poplar Corner, Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JL
Received 30 May 202242 Big Wood Park, Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2LL
Received 20 Oct 202535 Fieldside, Abingdon, OX14 1JT
Received 19 Mar 2025Dq 190 Didcot Quarter, Sutton Courtenay Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4TE
Received 4 Jul 2024The studio (part), Tubney Warren Barns, Abingdon, OX13 5QJ
Received 1 May 2025Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 4 May 2023School House, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UT
Received 26 Jan 2024The Granary, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AG
Received 1 May 2025170 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LP
Received 10 Jan 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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