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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.
5,959 approved · 600 refused · 677 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Park House, Church Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DX
Received 29 Feb 2024Tigin Ban, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EU
Received 15 Dec 2022Land East of the A420, North of Buckland Drive and Cozens Grove West of Sywell Road, Trajan Road & Friars Court Shrivenham SN6 8FR
Received 1 Jul 2026Old Abbey House Hotel, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 21 May 20254 Chapel Way, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UU
Received 15 Jan 2024Ramseys, 47 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AT
Received 5 Jul 20233 High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PE
Received 27 Oct 2022Goosey Wick Farmhouse, Access Road To Gooseywick Farm, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EY
Received 16 Jun 202234 Yarnells Hill, Noth Hinkey, Oxford, OX2 0BD
Received 4 Apr 20229 Ginge Close, Abingdon, OX14 2PY
Received 31 Mar 202552 Mill Street, Wantage, OX12 9AN
Received 13 Feb 202426 High Street, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LH
Received 3 Mar 2026A34 Lodge Hill Interchange, Abingdon
Received 9 Oct 2024Land on west verge of A417, East Challow, Wantage
Received 15 Jan 2024Lincoln Lodge, High Street, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DU
Received 3 Mar 2025Highways, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BD
Received 26 Oct 2022The Public Green, Bigwood Park, Sugworth Lane, Radley, OX14 2LL
Received 7 Apr 2026Childrey House, West Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UJ
Received 22 Jul 20242 Church Villas, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PZ
Received 18 May 2023Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0DQ
Received 26 Apr 2022Westwinds, Betty Lane, Oxford, OX1 5BW
Received 9 Feb 2023Louie Memorial Pavillion, Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JD
Received 20 Mar 2024Land East of Kingston Bagpuize
Received 16 Dec 20252 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 24 Mar 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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