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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.
5,515 approved · 567 refused · 618 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2021 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
59 Hanney Road, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6AH
Received 22 Feb 2023Land adjacent to The Poplars, Milton, Abingdon
Received 21 May 2026The Lamb Inn, Section Of A420, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QN
Received 12 Jul 2024Silver Copse, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NW
Received 16 May 2023Myrtle Cottage, 1 Manor Road, South Hinksey, Oxford, OX1 5AS
Received 14 Jul 2025Forces Help Society Bungalow, 1, 2, 3 & 4 Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8NR
Received 29 Jul 202667 Coromandel, Abingdon, OX14 5QB
Received 14 Jun 20222 Council Houses, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7PY
Received 26 Jul 2024Augustyn, 13 Hutchcomb Road, Oxford, OX2 9HN
Received 8 Dec 2022Land adjacent to 3 High View Court, Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4HB
Received 4 Apr 2024Thatchers Barn, Horsecroft, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LL
Received 29 Jul 2022The Old Post Office, High Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JY
Received 17 Jan 20221 Manor Farm, Old Moor, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EB
Received 23 Dec 20221 Chequers End, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0FZ
Received 10 Feb 2025Park House, Church Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DX
Received 24 Jun 2024Dove Court, Swan Lane, Faringdon, SN7 7AB
Received 4 Sept 2023Pomander House, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 22 Oct 20251,3,5 and 7 Blacklands Way, Abingdon, OX14 1DY
Received 22 Dec 20255 Church Way, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PU
Received 13 Nov 202427 Nash Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5PT
Received 19 Sept 202577 St Gabriel's, Wantage, OX12 8FL
Received 9 Apr 20251 Challow Marsh Cottages East Challow OX12 0ED
Received 14 Jul 2026Elm Close, Old Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JJ
Received 12 Jun 2024Highlands, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NX
Received 29 Nov 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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