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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.
6,261 approved · 629 refused · 709 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, South of Thomson Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QG
Received 9 May 2023Upper Mill, Kingstone Winslow, Swindon, SN6 8NG
Received 6 Sept 202424 Park Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1DS
Received 14 Nov 2023Milton Heights, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4DR
Received 3 Apr 202526 Cranbrook Drive, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RR
Received 29 Apr 20226 Aston Close, Abingdon, OX14 1EP
Received 18 Feb 202512 Hallett Close, Wantage, OX12 8EJ
Received 9 May 2025Flat 1, 37 The Old Print Works, Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AU
Received 8 Jul 202412 Cranbrook Drive Kennington Oxford OX1 5RR
Received 17 Jun 2026Arnhem Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8QW
Received 23 Sept 2025St Andrews Church, Orchard Road, Dean Court, Oxford, OX2 9BH
Received 16 Jul 20216 High Street Abingdon OX14 5AZ
Received 8 Apr 202680 Orchard Way, Wantage, OX12 8EB
Received 20 Jul 2021Millennium House, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0ER
Received 21 Sept 20234 Petwick Farm Cottages, Challow, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8NU
Received 11 May 2023Hunters Lodge, Church Farm, Dark Lane, Sunningwell, OX13 6RE
Received 27 Aug 2024The Glass House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QQ
Received 9 Aug 2024Land North of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, OX11 0GD
Received 17 Jul 2023Former Site Of Lloyds Bank Plc, 8 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HN
Received 20 Feb 2026Land adjacent to 16 Yarnells Road, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 0JY
Received 8 Apr 2022Monks Farm, Townsend, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 3 Nov 2023Corner of West Way and Westminster Way, Botley, OX2 9LP
Received 11 Jan 2023Step Farm, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8BH
Received 27 Aug 2024Wantage Hospital Garston Lane Wantage OX12 7AS
Received 30 Jul 2026Records 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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