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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.
5,534 approved · 567 refused · 620 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
10 Halls Close, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LU
Received 27 Mar 202415 Broadwater Place, Wantage, OX12 8GR
Received 14 Jan 2022Abbey Farm Goosey Faringdon SN7 8PA
Received 19 Aug 2026Land at Fernham Road, Faringdon
Received 21 Oct 2022Land North of Dunmore Road and Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 6 Jan 202617 Fidler's Orchard, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0FR
Received 11 Oct 2024Land to the North of A4130 Hill Farm Abingdon OX14 4PJ
Received 1 Jun 20264 Church Close, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NP
Received 24 Oct 2023Abingdon County Hall Museum, County Hall, Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HG
Received 20 Aug 2024Rose Cottage, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 24 Feb 202324 Bostock Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DW
Received 8 Oct 202469 Southern Bypass, Oxford, OX2 0LA
Received 1 Sept 202571 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AT
Received 1 Dec 2023Junction of Milton Lane and Sheepwash, Steventon, Oxon, OX13 6RR
Received 2 Nov 2023Southfield Farmhouse 66 High Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AS
Received 18 May 202657 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 15 Sept 2023Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4FB
Received 16 Nov 20235 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BB
Received 18 Mar 202618 Hilliat Fields, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JQ
Received 21 Mar 2023School House Road Running Through Wytham Wytham Oxford OX2 8QN
Received 2 Sept 2026Sunningwell House, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 21 Feb 202213 Elswith Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0BT
Received 6 Jan 2023Poplar Corner, Wootton Village, Wootton, OX1 5JL
Received 4 Feb 2026Barnwell, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PB
Received 22 Jul 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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