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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.
6,723 approved · 664 refused · 756 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Canal Way, East Challow
Received 10 Nov 2022Abingdon Library, The Charter, Abingdon, OX14 3LY
Received 11 Nov 2024Manor Farm, W Cumber & Son (theale) Ltd, Mill Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NZ
Received 14 Sept 2022Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4FB
Received 3 Dec 2024Owlscote Barn, High Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JE
Received 31 Aug 2021Land at Townsend Road, Townsend Road, Swindon, SN6 8FT
Received 29 Jan 202615 Sunningwell Road, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6BJ
Received 22 Aug 2025100 Chilton Field Way, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SZ
Received 22 Feb 2024Charney Manor, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EJ
Received 3 Sept 202414 Southfield Drive, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AY
Received 20 Apr 2021Abingdon Preparatory School, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NX
Received 26 May 2022Bradley Farm, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QU
Received 7 Jun 20223 Dunstead Lane Wytham Oxford OX2 8QL
Received 2 Sept 2026Booker House, 3 Baulking Lane, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8NR
Received 14 May 2021Halfpenny Cottage, Buscot Wick, Faringdon, SN7 8DJ
Received 18 May 20234 Town Close, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BA
Received 24 Nov 2021Land Adjacent to Existing Security Guard Office, Fourteenth Street, Didcot, OX11 0GD
Received 17 Dec 2025West Hendred (Portway Farm Buildings), Featherbed Lane, East Hendred, OX12 8JF
Received 4 Nov 2021Ock Mill, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AD
Received 15 Sept 202528 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BP
Received 17 Dec 2025Hatford House, Hatford, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8JF
Received 20 Oct 202511 Thames Street Abingdon OX14 3HZ
Received 7 Apr 2026Waterloo Lodge, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 8TH
Received 12 Mar 2021The Maybush PH, Newbridge, Abingdon, Oxon, OX29 7QD
Received 7 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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