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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.
5,271 approved · 549 refused · 591 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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52A Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BZ
Received 17 Feb 202610 Darrell Way, Abingdon, OX14 1HG
Received 27 May 202574 Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JJ
Received 17 Jul 2024Sparsholt Manor, Sparsholt Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 20 Sept 2023Site Of Greensands, Reading Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JE
Received 27 Sept 202215 Long Close, Botley, OX2 9SG
Received 29 Jun 202211 Montagu Road, Oxford, OX2 9AH
Received 1 Jun 2023Land at Crab Hill, Land north of A417 and east of A338., Wantage, OX12 7EP
Received 3 Apr 20244 Halls Close, Oxford, OX2 9HR
Received 26 May 202256 Virginia Way, Abingdon, OX14 5QL
Received 13 Apr 20238 Stonhouse Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AG
Received 15 Oct 202589 Eynsham Road Botley Oxford OX2 9BY
Received 15 May 2026Meadow View, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DW
Received 30 Jul 2025Blandys Farm, Bassett Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LJ
Received 3 Oct 2022Fir Tree Cottage, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7LW
Received 13 Oct 20221 Treadwells, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8UA
Received 15 Jul 20227 Childrey Way, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RX
Received 17 Jun 2025Goosey Wick Farm, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EY
Received 4 Aug 2023210 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PG
Received 21 Nov 202255 Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LA
Received 3 May 2023Unit 7, Bepo, Land to the north of Thompson Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 20 Sept 20221 Boot Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0FS
Received 9 Oct 2025Monks Farm, Grove
Received 3 Nov 2025The Old Rectory, Rectory Lane, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AT
Received 8 Sept 2022Records 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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