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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.
6,290 approved · 631 refused · 713 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kingstone Winslow Farm Buildings, Kingstone Winslow Farm, Kingstone Winslow, SN6 8NJ
Received 29 Jun 20218 Packhorse Lane, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NT
Received 7 Oct 20259 Stert Street, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3JF
Received 19 Apr 2024The Woodyard, Hatford, Farringdon, SN7 8JE
Received 4 Jan 2022Parcel 1Pa, Land to the west of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 3 Apr 2024Land to the west of Great Western Park, (Valley Park), Didcot, Oxfordshire
Received 3 Oct 20221 The Park, Cumnor, Oxon, OX2 9QS
Received 11 Mar 202516 Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 17 Feb 2025Church Farm House, 68 Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 5 Apr 202435 Larkdown, Wantage, OX12 8HE
Received 3 Apr 2023105 Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PR
Received 15 Dec 202317 West St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BL
Received 6 Oct 2023Land at Crab Hill (Phase 8a), Wantage
Received 8 Jan 202665 St Johns Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HA
Received 24 Nov 20219 Wick Green, Grove, OX12 0AS
Received 22 Jan 2026Denman College New Road Marcham Abingdon OX13 6NW
Received 4 Aug 2026Drayton Golf Club, Steventon Road, Drayton, OX13 6RN
Received 24 Nov 2025R56 Building, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, OX11 0QX
Received 20 Feb 2026Milton Manor, Milton Hill, Milton, Oxfordshire, OX14 4DR
Received 7 May 2025122 Olympic Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SA
Received 24 Jul 202316 Mably Grove, Wantage, OX12 9XN
Received 16 Nov 2021Allins Barn, Allins Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JR
Received 26 Jan 2024Oakleigh, Millway Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LB
Received 13 Mar 202310 Lawrence Close, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9YR
Received 28 Oct 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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