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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.
6,469 approved · 645 refused · 736 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Boxhill Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2ET
Received 30 Aug 2022Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, South of Thomson Avenue, Didcot, OX11 0QG
Received 24 Jun 2024Parcel 6, Former Grove Airfield, Grove
Received 11 Jul 2022Global Innovation Centre, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QR
Received 7 Apr 2025College Farm, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 3 Mar 2026Shrivenham Primary School, Raven Way, Shrivenham, SN6 8BL
Received 29 May 20245 Godfrey Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PZ
Received 24 Nov 2023Willow Cottage Buckland Faringdon SN7 8QW
Received 13 Jul 20264 Milton Gate, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4FP
Received 25 Jan 2022Cowleaze Barn, Claypit Lane, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QS
Received 1 Dec 2022Land at North Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenahm, SN6 8BH
Received 11 Jul 2023Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BY
Received 12 Dec 202292 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RY
Received 8 May 2024Victoria Cross Gallery, Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AS
Received 1 Apr 2026Linens Field, Old Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JJ
Received 19 Oct 202220 Tatlings Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AT
Received 2 Apr 2025103 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NA
Received 11 Apr 2024Station Road, Grove, OX12 7FN
Received 1 Sept 202126 Long Furlong Road, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6BL
Received 31 Aug 2021The Studio (part), Tubney Warren Barns, Abingdon, OX13 5QJ
Received 14 Jun 2024Jardin House, Yew Tree Court, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon, OX13 5PQ
Received 1 Jul 2024St Aidans, Cat Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JT
Received 28 Nov 202229 Oxford Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PL
Received 23 Dec 20244A Fennel Way, Abingdon, OX14 3TL
Received 14 Sept 2021Records 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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