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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.
5,805 approved · 588 refused · 652 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Oct 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highfield House, Church Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DX
Received 29 Jul 202424 Ormond Road, Wantage, OX12 8DZ
Received 25 Jul 202374A Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LW
Received 1 Dec 202141 The Avenue, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PP
Received 20 Jan 2023Shepherd's Cottage, Church Street, West Hanney, Oxfordshire, OX12 0LN
Received 28 Nov 202418 Latton Close, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5AE
Received 21 Sept 2023Land at Stockham Farm, Wantage, OX12 9BQ
Received 17 Mar 2022Wallbrook Court, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0QS
Received 5 Apr 2024157 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9NE
Received 16 Mar 202620 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BP
Received 26 Oct 202159 Hilliat Fields, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JF
Received 4 Sept 202435 St Gabriel's, Wantage, OX12 8FJ
Received 23 Oct 2025Old Chapel House, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QL
Received 2 Aug 2022Whiteoaks, Bedwells Heath, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JE
Received 13 Jun 20258 Hunter Avenue, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JY
Received 8 Aug 202361 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AG
Received 27 Mar 2024Ashbrook House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 28 Jul 2025The Old Farmhouse, Ginge, Wantage, OX12 8QR
Received 11 Nov 20252 The Poplars, Harwell, OX11 6DE
Received 16 Jan 2026Smelting Yard, Station Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8GG
Received 21 Feb 2025Old Magistrates Court, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 31 May 2023Jubilee Field, Uffington
Received 22 Dec 2023Land at Townsend Road,, Shrivenham
Received 30 Mar 2023Land north west of Abingdon-on-Thames, Land bound by Wootton Road, Dunmore Road and the A34
Received 22 Mar 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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