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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.
5,856 approved · 597 refused · 661 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 4, Radley Road Industrial Estate, Abingdon, OX14 3RY
Received 31 Mar 20267 West Way Square, Oxford, OX2 9TJ
Received 30 Mar 202613 Bagley Close Kennington Oxford OX1 5LS
Received 20 May 20261 Sheepwash Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SD
Received 28 Sept 2021The Homestead, Kings Lane, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7SS
Received 5 Nov 2024Garden House, Milton Hill, Steventon, OX13 6AF
Received 20 Aug 2025Land North West of Premier Inn, Oxford South Didcot, South of A4130, East of Milton Interchange roundabout
Received 26 Sept 2025Land at Monks Farm, Townsend, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 22 Mar 202217 Stevenson Drive, Abingdon, OX14 1SN
Received 8 Dec 20211 Bowyer Road, Abingdon, OX14 2EW
Received 15 Sept 2022Hanson Aggregates, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, OX14 4PW
Received 5 Feb 202465 Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LA
Received 18 Aug 2023Aldi, Wootton Road, Abingdon-on-Thames
Received 15 Nov 2022European Space Agency Ecsat, Fermi Avenue, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 26 Sept 2022Land at Thrupp Farm, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Received 5 Aug 20247 St Michaels, Priory Road, Wantage, OX12 9DE
Received 25 Apr 20252 The Square, Abingdon, OX14 5AR
Received 20 Mar 202662 North Street Marcham Abingdon OX13 6NQ
Received 6 Jul 2026Beverley House, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NU
Received 9 May 2022129 Cumnor Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JR
Received 21 Oct 2022Phase 1T (Primrose Gardens), Valley Park, Didcot
Received 28 Apr 2025Megstone House, Garford, Abingdon, OX13 5PF
Received 13 Aug 2025Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 24 Mar 202646 Walker Drive, Faringdon, SN7 7FZ
Received 10 Nov 2023Records 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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