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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.
6,538 approved · 650 refused · 737 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Apr 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Clock House, 28 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 8 Oct 202527 Palmers, Wantage, OX12 7HA
Received 8 Sept 20251 Masefield Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 5PB
Received 14 Mar 2024Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 26 Jan 2024Tamerlane Cottage, Packers Lane, High Street, Uffington, SN7 7RT
Received 27 Jan 2023Land adj to 67A High Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AT
Received 7 Jul 202631 Norman Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2HQ
Received 14 Sept 202117 St Michaels Way, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6BA
Received 3 Feb 2026Hanney Nurseries, Steventon Road, East Hanney, OX12 0HS
Received 10 Jun 2021Rumseys Barn, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PB
Received 2 Oct 2024Jacinta, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LW
Received 2 May 2023Building R22, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0DE
Received 30 Mar 2022Chilswell Barn Chilswell Lane Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5BN
Received 24 Jun 2026137 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5PE
Received 10 May 2023Land at Oxleaze Farm, Claypit Lane, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QS
Received 10 Oct 2025Land to the West of Great Western Park(Valley Park), Didcot
Received 22 Jan 20244 Church Close, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NP
Received 4 Jul 20236 Hill View Lane, Wootton, Boars Hill, OX1 5JT
Received 1 Sept 2022Abingdon County Hall Museum, Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HG
Received 27 Jun 2025Stone Barn, The Greenway, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RD
Received 7 Jul 2021Yew Tree House, The Cloisters, Wantage, OX12 8AQ
Received 11 Jun 2021Pinewood School, Road Running Through Bourton To Hinton Marsh Farm, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HZ
Received 7 Feb 2023Old Lodge, 31 Henleys Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HU
Received 2 Sept 202128 Larkhill Road Abingdon OX14 1BL
Received 13 May 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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