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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.
9,330 approved · 868 refused · 990 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Aug 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8BS
Received 25 Aug 20227 Songers Close, Botley, OXFORD, OX2 9DL
Received 14 Dec 201752 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HQ
Received 28 May 20211 Ginge Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RU
Received 29 Apr 2021The Fold, Grove Park Drive, Lockinge, OX12 8SG
Received 13 Mar 2023108 Spring Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AX
Received 29 Nov 2018Malthouse, High Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RP
Received 6 Sept 201750 Spring Road, ABINGDON, OX14 1AN
Received 1 Nov 20174 Larkhill Place, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1BW
Received 29 Jul 202245 Rose Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1XX
Received 5 Dec 202412 Cranbrook Drive, Kennington, Oxfordshire, OX1 5RR
Received 7 May 20259B Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HG
Received 18 Jan 2023Gateways, Harcourt Hill, Oxford, OX2 9AS
Received 15 Sept 202226 Cope Close, Oxford, OX2 9AJ
Received 23 Mar 202637 Hamble Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3TF
Received 6 Dec 202169 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BG
Received 1 Mar 2023108 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HY
Received 16 Sept 2025Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 23 Aug 2018Tadpole Bridge Cottage, Buckland, FARINGDON, SN7 8RF
Received 21 Mar 2018The Magna Building, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon, OX14 1DZ
Received 18 Oct 2022Land north of Dunmore Road and Twelve Acre Drive, North Abingdon
Received 4 Mar 202110 North Quay, Abingdon, OX14 5RY
Received 17 Jan 2022Lloyds Bank House, 8 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AW
Received 24 Feb 20253 Longcot Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, Oxfordshire, SN6 8AL
Received 17 Jan 2018Records 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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