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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.
6,736 approved · 665 refused · 758 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 Hanney Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AH
Received 8 Aug 202220 Galley Field, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3RT
Received 23 Oct 2023Land north of Dunmore Road and Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 19 Sept 2025Hair Studio, 58 Hadland Road, Abingdon, OX14 3YH
Received 26 Mar 20253 Sycamore Close, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6ER
Received 11 Jun 20253 Chapel Lane, Uffington, Oxon, SN7 7RY
Received 20 Mar 2024West Way, LCT of N Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0JH
Received 23 Oct 2025Village Hall, Barrow Close, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6TY
Received 30 May 2025Land At Monks Farm Townsend Grove Wantage OX12 0AH
Received 24 Jul 2026St Giles Cottage, High Street, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8RN
Received 4 Aug 2021Rose Dene, Didcot Road, Harwell, OX11 0DP
Received 17 Apr 2025Land at Wattle Cottage Farm, Prospect Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9HT
Received 11 Jun 20251 Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6JF
Received 2 Sept 2024Old Post House, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8QW
Received 4 Sept 2025The Elms Primary School, Gloucester Street, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7HZ
Received 25 Jun 202527 North Hinksey Village Oxford OX2 0NA
Received 12 May 2026Alma Barn, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DN
Received 29 May 202484 Whittington Crescent, Wantage, OX12 9TZ
Received 22 Dec 2021The Clock House, 18 Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AA
Received 5 Nov 202449 Milton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BP
Received 25 Apr 2024Garden House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 18 May 202317 Laburnum Road, Oxford, OX2 9EL
Received 5 Dec 2022Colleymore Farmhouse, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PU
Received 6 Oct 2021Warborough Farm House, Warborough Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LF
Received 16 May 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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