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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,309 approved · 718 refused · 827 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2018 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Kings Park, Limborough Road, Wantage, OX12 9AJ
Received 3 Sept 20218 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EA
Received 15 Jul 2022Eight locations around the village, Stanford in the Vale
Received 20 Nov 2025Building B150, Harwell Campus, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0TR
Received 16 Jun 20254 Chelsie House, 104 West Way, Oxford, OX2 9JU
Received 10 Jan 2019Land north of Copenhagen Drive, Abingdon, OX14 1RF
Received 19 Jan 2026Building R12, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0FA
Received 28 Jul 2021Goose Willow Farm, Hanney Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AP
Received 16 Dec 2025The Core Business Centre, Milton Hill, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AB
Received 6 Apr 202318 Idstone Road, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LP
Received 20 Mar 2023Street Record, The Old Gaol, Abingdon, OX14 3HE
Received 27 May 20224-5 The Green, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AE
Received 13 Feb 2024Honey Rose Cottage, 4 Race Farm Lane, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AU
Received 2 Nov 2021Marcham Priory, 34 Packhorse Lane, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NT
Received 27 Mar 2026Highfield House, Barrow Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4SU
Received 20 Jan 2023Lyndene, Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3SN
Received 30 Jan 20251 Anvil Paddock, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LB
Received 18 Nov 2025Woodview, Dunstead Lane, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QL
Received 21 Feb 2025Home Farm, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 9 May 202573 Mayfield Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7ND
Received 6 Feb 2025172 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AE
Received 26 Sept 2023OS 40 to 44 Northcourt Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1NS
Received 30 Jun 2023Godwins Road Running North From Junction With Summerside Through Buckland To Junction Opposite The Lamb Buckland Faringdon SN7 8QS
Received 15 Sept 202631 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AH
Received 14 Nov 2022Records 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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