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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.
6,185 approved · 625 refused · 700 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
15-16, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 16 Nov 2023Magpie Cottage 30 High Street Drayton Abingdon OX14 4JW
Received 17 Apr 2026Memorial Hall, Highworth Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BL
Received 3 May 2023Land at Yarnells Hill, Botley, Oxford
Received 5 Jan 2026Matthew Arnold School, Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JB
Received 8 Jun 2023The Bungalow, Letcombe Hill, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RP
Received 21 Aug 2025Waylands, London Road, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9NY
Received 29 Sept 2022Glebe Farm, Priors Lane, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8RX
Received 17 Mar 2023Didcot Power Station, Rwe N Power Plc, Didcot Power Station, Didcot, OX11 7HA
Received 5 Aug 2025Stepnell Ltd, Cane Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AB
Received 7 Feb 2022215 Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3SQ
Received 19 Dec 2022Coulings Orchard Lane East Hendred Wantage OX12 8JW
Received 15 Jun 20263 Owlington Close, Oxford, OX2 9DP
Received 19 Mar 20266 Folly View Crescent, Faringdon, SN7 7DJ
Received 9 Jul 2021Former site of Long Reach, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DW
Received 23 Jun 2023Bradley Farm, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QU
Received 7 Jun 2022119B Olympic Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SA
Received 17 May 2022Phase 5 North East Parcel, Crab Hill, Wantage
Received 9 Aug 2022Land at Grove Airfield Phase 5, Grove
Received 8 Jun 202388 Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6JQ
Received 24 Mar 202370A The Avenue, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RH
Received 5 Jan 202311 Oxford Square, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TB
Received 31 Jul 2023Partridge Close Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4FT
Received 15 Sept 2026Rockley Farm House, 16 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 8 Feb 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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