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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.
6,601 approved · 652 refused · 746 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lloyds Bank House, 8 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AP
Received 8 Jun 202318 Linden Crescent, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7NB
Received 19 Mar 2026West Cottage, Harcourt Hill, Oxford, OX2 9AS
Received 17 May 20217 Oxford Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NN
Received 17 Nov 2021The Stables, Oxford Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NN
Received 1 Feb 202416 Kings Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EJ
Received 7 Oct 2022Old Manor House, 20 North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0LX
Received 9 Jul 2025RM2 Valley Park Didcot
Received 23 Jul 20269 Chailey Gardens, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9FL
Received 3 Jun 2024101 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SJ
Received 23 Oct 202527 Berry Croft, Abingdon, OX14 1JN
Received 24 Mar 202281 Hanney Road, Steventon, OX13 6AN
Received 24 Mar 2025Former Grove Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 26 Mar 202414A Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HA
Received 25 Oct 2022The Old Vicarage, Ashbury, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 8LZ
Received 3 Aug 202331 Longfellow Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5PQ
Received 5 Nov 2025Land to the north of Frome Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 1 May 202419A East Way, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JZ
Received 27 Aug 20246 Bramble Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6ET
Received 20 Oct 2023Building 152, Eighth Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0RA
Received 20 Oct 2021Bryony Cottage, Church Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DX
Received 13 Dec 202314 Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PG
Received 30 Aug 2023Dry Leys, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5HB
Received 28 Jun 2022Stonepitt Barn, Kingston Road, Frilford, ABINGDON, OX13 5HB
Received 12 May 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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