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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.
5,327 approved · 555 refused · 598 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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64 Coromandel, Abingdon, OX14 5QB
Received 28 Oct 2025The Norman Hall, 9 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NJ
Received 11 Apr 2023Site Of Greensands, Reading Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JE
Received 8 Aug 202235 Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DW
Received 2 Apr 2024Roseland, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LZ
Received 20 Jun 2025Spicers Cottage Great Coxwell Faringdon SN7 7NG
Received 29 Jun 202654 Mayfield Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7ND
Received 12 Oct 2022Magpie Cottage, 30 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JW
Received 6 May 2022Community Hall, 60 Thomas Crouch Drive, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2DN
Received 20 Jun 2024Camberley, Fyfield Wick, Abingdon, OX13 5ND
Received 15 Dec 202257 Hurst Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PR
Received 25 Mar 202413 Sandleigh Road, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6DP
Received 23 Jul 202453 Laburnum Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9EN
Received 8 Nov 202312 High Street Abingdon OX14 5SB
Received 22 Apr 2026Swiss Cottage, Northford Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EY
Received 29 Mar 2023Bishops Yard, Cumnor Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NS
Received 5 Aug 202273 Curtis Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 3UW
Received 2 Aug 2023Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 7 Apr 2025Dutch Barn, East of Middle Leaze Farm, Coleshill, SN6 7PS
Received 11 Apr 2025Blewbury Pre-School, Church Road, Blewbury, OX11 9PY
Received 31 Jul 2024Woodview, Dunstead Lane, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QL
Received 12 Aug 202487 High Street Milton Abingdon OX14 4EJ
Received 7 Jul 2026Land to the West of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 29 Sept 2022Buckland C Of E Primary School, Summerside, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8RB
Received 7 Feb 2024Records 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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