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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.
6,434 approved · 640 refused · 734 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2ED
Received 15 Apr 2024S/O 8 to 22 Russ Avenue, Faringdon, SN7 7GA
Received 7 Nov 2022Coppice Leaze Farm, Coppice Lane, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TJ
Received 17 May 202242 Bridus Mead, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PL
Received 27 Aug 202122 Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3JP
Received 14 Dec 2023Land at former Didcot A Power Station Didcot OX11 7HA
Received 17 Apr 202622 Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3JP
Received 15 Jan 202487 Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7BH
Received 10 May 20226 Gravel Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HY
Received 14 Oct 202230 Lime Road Oxford OX2 9EG
Received 2 Jun 202670 High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QD
Received 22 Apr 2022Phase 8 Grove Airfield Denchworth Road Grove
Received 24 Jun 2026Bow House, 34 Bow Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8JB
Received 14 Feb 2022Overboars, Lamborough Hill, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BY
Received 11 Nov 2025Badbury Hill, B4019, Coleshill, SN7 7NL
Received 13 May 2021Riverside House Church Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AD
Received 9 Sept 2026Land at Joinery Display Systems Park Road Faringdon SN7 7BP
Received 17 Aug 2026Former Rogers Concrete, Sandshill, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 3 Apr 2025The Tile Store, Model Farm, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PT
Received 21 Feb 2023The Old Bakehouse, 4 North Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NG
Received 21 Nov 202343 Home Close, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DD
Received 3 Oct 202521 Grundy Crescent, Kennington, OX1 5PS
Received 13 Oct 2022Plentys, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 2 Jul 2021Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 20 May 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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