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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,871 approved · 597 refused · 662 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Radley College, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HR
Received 2 Apr 2025Priory Cottage, 127 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SJ
Received 28 Mar 2025Phase 1P, Land to the west of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 29 Nov 20243 Springfield Road, Oxford, OX2 9HJ
Received 2 Aug 2024Building R1, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 19 Aug 202457 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QN
Received 6 Apr 2023Silver Copse, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NW
Received 17 Mar 2022Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 22 Dec 2023Gurnsmead Farm, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QT
Received 24 Apr 2024South Lodge, Fox Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DN
Received 5 Dec 20237 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JL
Received 1 Oct 2021Rose Cottage, Gainfield, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QH
Received 27 Jul 2022Home Farm, Bishopstone Road, Bourton, SN6 8JF
Received 20 Apr 202295 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SH
Received 13 Sept 20212 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4AP
Received 24 Oct 202522 Bromsgrove, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7JQ
Received 17 Apr 2025Land at Stockham Farm, Wantage, OX12 9BQ
Received 1 Aug 2024Chapel Cottage, 40 Leys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QF
Received 17 Sept 202148 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BE
Received 30 Oct 2023The Cottage, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 22 Oct 202117 Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6RD
Received 5 Jun 2023Parcel 1P, Land to the west of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 17 Jun 2025Richmond Letcombe Regis, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9RG
Received 26 Apr 202336 Stockham Park, Wantage, OX12 9HQ
Received 7 Aug 2025Records 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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