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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.
6,617 approved · 653 refused · 746 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Former Froud's Builders Yard, Reading Road, Harwell
Received 7 Dec 2021Ground floor; rear of 1 Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3ER
Received 9 Aug 202339, East Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 8QD
Received 3 Dec 2024Unit B,, Barton Mill, Audlett Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3NJ
Received 3 Nov 2021Alma Barn, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DN
Received 28 Apr 202328 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AX
Received 6 Oct 2023208 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LR
Received 14 Aug 202482 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LP
Received 29 Sept 20212 Lime Road, Oxford, OX2 9EG
Received 16 Dec 2025Tatham House, Northcourt Lane, Abingdon, OX14 1PN
Received 8 Sept 2025O/S 1 Eden Croft, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1QJ
Received 21 Apr 2023The Laurels, 30 Garston Lane, Wantage, OX12 7AR
Received 13 Sept 2021Church Cottage, Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 17 Feb 2025TW Churn Hill, off Bowhams Road, Blewbury, OX11 9HG
Received 18 Oct 2021Coxwell Hall, 35 & 37 Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Received 24 Oct 202417 Greenheart Way, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5DF
Received 8 Apr 202518 Darrell Way Abingdon OX14 1HG
Received 14 Jul 20266 Curtis Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AY
Received 29 May 2025Badbury Hill Car Park, Coleshill, Faringdon, SN7 7NL
Received 1 Nov 2023UNIT 12, West Way Square, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9TJ
Received 20 Mar 2026Lay By On B4019, Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7NL
Received 22 Jul 20211 Ashmole Road, Abingdon, OX14 5LH
Received 11 Apr 2022Land East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham, SN6 8BL
Received 25 Apr 2023Faringdon Folly, London Street, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Received 6 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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