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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.
6,662 approved · 657 refused · 751 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, North of Thomson Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QG
Received 3 Jun 2024Oxford Instruments (UK) Ltd, Tubney Woods, Abingdon, OX13 5QX
Received 21 Jul 2021Land to the north of Frome Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 16 Dec 20259 Cumnor hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9EU
Received 29 Mar 2021Mcdonalds Restaurant, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4TX
Received 11 Mar 202242 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 28 May 2021The Willows, 4 Yarnells Road, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 0JY
Received 5 Aug 2021Fern House, 3 Manor Lane, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AD
Received 29 Sept 202358 High Street Drayton Abingdon OX14 4JW
Received 25 Aug 2026Church Cottage, Church Street, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PA
Received 17 Apr 2023W And G Industrial Estate, Unit 2, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TF
Received 20 Mar 2023Owl Barn, Rectory Lane, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5DS
Received 5 Mar 2026Land South of Steeds Farm, Coxwell Road, Faringdon
Received 20 Apr 202215 Parklands, Parklands Manor, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5PN
Received 23 Mar 2021Land East of Meadow View, Didcot Road, Harwell
Received 18 Mar 2022Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 4 May 20236 Whites Orchard, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NQ
Received 16 Jun 2021Appleton Christmas Barn Eaton Road Appleton Oxon OX13 5JJ
Received 28 Jul 202625 Foliat Drive, Wantage, OX12 7AN
Received 1 Jul 202529 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EE
Received 14 Jul 2022Hanney Nurseries, Steventon Road, East Hanney, OX12 0HS
Received 6 Jul 2022The Copse House Foxcombe Road Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5DG
Received 9 Aug 2026Lakeside All Saints Lane Sutton Courtenay OX14 4AG
Received 16 Jul 2026Land at former Didcot A Power Station, Didcot, OX11 7HA
Received 14 Oct 2025Records 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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