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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.
5,554 approved · 568 refused · 626 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Galley Field, Abingdon, OX14 3RT
Received 20 Dec 202169 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BG
Received 10 Feb 2022Rose Cottage, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EZ
Received 29 Aug 202515A High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BB
Received 8 Aug 2025Land at Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PP
Received 3 May 2022Timberdown, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Oxfordshire, OX12 9JY
Received 9 Mar 202689 Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JJ
Received 10 Feb 2026Gurnsmead Farm, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QT
Received 7 Feb 202539 East Lockinge Wantage OX12 8QD
Received 8 Jun 20268 & 9 The Green, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4AE
Received 2 Mar 2026Land north of Dunmore Road and, Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 21 Dec 2022Hartwell UK, Drayton Road, Abingdon, OX14 5JU
Received 17 Jun 2025Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon OX14 1DE
Received 9 Apr 2026Building R1, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 15 Aug 20251 Ye Olde Housen, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HZ
Received 4 Apr 2025Nevilles Farm, Grove Park Drive, Grove Park, Wantage, OX12 7QG
Received 13 Feb 2026Land at Monks Farm, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 28 Feb 20245 Hids Copse Road, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 27 Aug 202527 Oxford Lane, Grove, Oxfordshire, Wantage, OX12 7PL
Received 5 Aug 2024Former Grove Airfield West of Grove To the West of, To the West of Newlands Drive Land North of Denchworth Road
Received 19 Aug 202452 Orpwood Way, Abingdon, OX14 5PX
Received 30 Mar 2023Church Of St Augustine Of Canterbury, Church Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LA
Received 20 Feb 2025Richmond Village, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9RG
Received 25 Nov 2024Land south of Curie Avenue and west of Eighth Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 22 Feb 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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