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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.
5,583 approved · 572 refused · 627 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
96 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LA
Received 20 Apr 2023Pipaway Engineering Ltd, Milton Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4EZ
Received 3 Jul 2023Charlton Lodge Care Home, Kingsgrove, wantage, OX12 7GZ
Received 30 Jul 20244 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8BS
Received 5 Apr 2022Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 20 May 202415 Manor Gardens Grove Wantage OX12 7JE
Received 11 May 2026Hazeldene, Berrycroft Lane, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LX
Received 24 Jan 2023The Longhouse, Fyfield Wick, Abingdon, OX13 5ND
Received 5 Apr 20226 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AZ
Received 23 Aug 20241 West Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UH
Received 15 Nov 2022March Cottage, Littleworth, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8ED
Received 10 Feb 2022Phase 2B, Monks Farm, Grove
Received 20 Nov 2025Pusey Estate, Pusey, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8QB
Received 7 Aug 2024Fernham Farm, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NX
Received 8 Dec 2023Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 23 Jan 2023Westwood Country Hotel, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BG
Received 8 Mar 2024Southfield Farmhouse, 66 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AS
Received 17 Nov 2025Land at North Shrivenham- Phase 2, Highworth Road, Shrivenahm, SN6 8BH
Received 3 Mar 2023Hanson Quarry Products Europe, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PJ
Received 6 Apr 2023Tubney Warren House, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QJ
Received 20 Dec 20239 Church Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LQ
Received 25 Oct 2022Williams Farm, Cholswell Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6HW
Received 4 Oct 2023Close Cottage, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 24 Jun 202227 Hazel Road, Oxford, OX2 9LE
Received 29 Apr 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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