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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.
5,979 approved · 600 refused · 678 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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7 Dundas Close, Abingdon, OX14 3UZ
Received 12 Oct 2021Long Acre, Oxford Road, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HP
Received 9 Feb 202642 Farm Road Abingdon OX14 1LZ
Received 27 Apr 2026Meadowsweet, Ickleton Road, Wantage, OX12 9JA
Received 16 Sept 2025Land at Crab Hill Land north of A417 and east of A338, Wantage
Received 24 Apr 2025Millers Cottage, High Street, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DU
Received 11 Jan 202210 North Quay, Abingdon, OX14 5RY
Received 28 Sept 2021Hills Yard, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8BY
Received 15 Aug 2024The Cottage, The Park, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HB
Received 26 Sept 2022Land to the West of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 29 Jan 20241 The Paddocks, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HX
Received 12 May 2023Fletchers Cottage, 3 Danes Court, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NE
Received 14 Jul 20239 Mattock Way Abingdon OX14 2PB
Received 15 May 2026Step Farm Lechlade Road Faringdon SN7 8BH
Received 2 Jul 20266 Yew Tree Court Kingston Bagpuize Abingdon OX13 5PQ
Received 29 Jul 2026Cumnor Place, 2 Abingdon Road, Cumnor, OX2 9QN
Received 14 Jun 202311-12, Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AB
Received 12 Aug 2022Gramps Hill Stud & Rectory Cottage, Gramps Hill, Wantage, OX12 9LX
Received 8 Jul 202281 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SQ
Received 27 Jun 2022Monks Farm, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 27 Mar 2023O/S 36A Lashford Lane Dry Sandford Abingdon OX13 6DY
Received 21 Aug 2026Leigh House, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0ER
Received 13 Aug 2025The Mulberries, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JF
Received 7 Oct 2025Mcdonalds, Majors Road, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TQ
Received 20 Sept 2024Records 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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