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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.
6,393 approved · 639 refused · 730 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Near The Barns Cafe, Northcourt Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1PL
Received 28 Jul 20225 Culham Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 2AS
Received 12 Aug 2025Shellingford Quarry, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HE
Received 7 May 2021Daintree, Silver Street, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NZ
Received 27 Apr 202311 Hedgemead Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2NE
Received 21 Oct 2024Oakenholt Care Ltd, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NL
Received 28 Jul 2025Land at Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PP
Received 17 Aug 202242 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AW
Received 6 Oct 202156 Marlborough Gardens, Faringdon, SN7 7DP
Received 27 Jan 202221 Grundy Crescent, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PS
Received 2 Sept 2021Abingdon Dance Studio, Land at 63 Swinburne Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HF
Received 1 Jul 2021Farmoor Stores Cumnor Road Farmoor Oxford OX2 9NN
Received 14 Apr 2026Orchard House, Northcourt Lane, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1PN
Received 14 Nov 2022Bagley Wood Barn, Brumcombe Lane, Bayworth, Abingdon, OX13 6QT
Received 11 Sept 2025St Nicholas C Of E School, Windmill Place, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RY
Received 11 Jan 202210 Mons Way, Abingdon, OX14 1NJ
Received 1 Dec 2023The Stables, Northcourt Lane, Abingdon, OX14 1PN
Received 27 Jan 2023Corner House, Allins Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JR
Received 23 Apr 2024The Poplars, School Lane, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EH
Received 23 May 2025Pond Farm, Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JX
Received 13 Sept 2021Andersey Farm, Grove Park Drive, Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 8SG
Received 13 Mar 202357 & 59 Jubilee Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RX
Received 30 May 202413 Chapel Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LE
Received 3 Apr 2023Land To Rear Of 25, Orchard Way, Harwell, Didcot
Received 28 Sept 2026Records 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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