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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.
6,055 approved · 615 refused · 691 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jul 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
44 Big Wood Park Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2LL
Received 2 Jun 2025Box Cottage, Broadbrook Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PJ
Received 15 Jan 2024The Moorings, Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LW
Received 7 Mar 2022The Oaks, Appleton Common, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5QN
Received 11 Dec 202545 Chapel Close, Wantage, OX12 7DY
Received 13 Feb 2026Old School House, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DX
Received 9 Jul 2025137 Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4HA
Received 21 Sept 202317 Idstone Road, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LP
Received 11 Mar 202538 Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PG
Received 20 Sept 2022Rear of 37 Big Wood Park, Sugworth Lane, Radley, Oxon, OX14 2LL
Received 23 Nov 20236 Hutchcombe Farm Close, Oxford, OX2 9HG
Received 16 May 2023Bargeway House, Lawson Lane, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RX
Received 20 Sept 20212 Picklers Hill, Abingdon, OX14 2BA
Received 9 Oct 202519 Hids Copse Road, Cumnor, OX2 9JJ
Received 8 Aug 20252 Church Villas, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PZ
Received 21 Oct 2025The Star, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 21 Feb 20221 Ruskin Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 5JR
Received 17 Mar 2025Appletree Barn, The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SQ
Received 19 Sept 202328 Stonhouse Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AF
Received 16 Feb 2026Ickleton House, Westcot, Wantage, OX12 9QD
Received 9 Aug 2021County Hall Museum Market Place Abingdon OX14 3HG
Received 14 Apr 2026Land at Millbrook House, High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EL
Received 18 Aug 2025Boundary House, The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RP
Received 27 Feb 2025Kirklands Mews, Ickleton Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9JB
Received 30 May 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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