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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.
6,383 approved · 636 refused · 725 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 May 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Stables Mill Lane Milton Abingdon OX14 4EW
Received 9 Jun 2026Rosslyn, Main Street, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LQ
Received 27 Feb 20264 Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DF
Received 9 May 202410 The Stableyard, Section Of B4019 Running Through Coleshill, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PT
Received 4 Aug 2025Stepnell Ltd, Cane Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AB
Received 28 Jan 2022Land off Abingdon Road, Steventon, OX13 6FX
Received 25 May 202399 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9JR
Received 2 Sept 2021Wood Setton, Main Road, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PD
Received 2 Jun 2025The Manor, High Street, Drayton, Abingdon
Received 19 Nov 202139 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LY
Received 31 Jul 2025Land North of Dunmore Road and Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 2 Jul 202516 Manor Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DG
Received 11 Apr 2022Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, South of Thomson Avenue,, Didcot, Oxfordshire
Received 5 Mar 20243 Kingsgrove Neighbourhood Centre Wantage OX12 7LP
Received 3 Aug 2026Court Cottage, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JE
Received 24 Jul 2024The Reading Room, Littleworth, FARINGDON, SN7 8ED
Received 13 Nov 2023Bridge Barn, Main Road, Appleford, OX14 4NU
Received 19 Apr 2022Hanney Nurseries, Steventon Road, East Hanney, OX12 0HS
Received 7 Jul 2022Appletree Cottage 5 Appleford Road Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4NG
Received 8 Jun 2026St Nicholas C Of E School, Windmill Place, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RY
Received 10 Aug 202110 Hiskins, Wantage, OX12 9HU
Received 16 Nov 20219-11 Mill Street, Wantage, OX12 9AB
Received 11 Aug 2021New House, High Street, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NY
Received 9 Nov 202310 Fennel Way, Abingdon, OX14 3TL
Received 29 Jul 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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