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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.
9,343 approved · 868 refused · 992 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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14 Caldecott Close, Abingdon, OX14 5HA
Received 10 Jul 2018Rose Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QS
Received 22 Dec 201819 Larkdown, Wantage, OX12 8HE
Received 19 Mar 2021Lyford Grange, Lyford, Wantage, OX12 0EQ
Received 24 Jun 202425 Lucca Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5QN
Received 12 Jun 2025Land at Crab Hill, Land north of A417, Wantage
Received 21 Mar 201952 North Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NG
Received 5 Dec 2018Land at Watchfield junction of A420 and B4508, Swindon, SN6
Received 4 May 2018Faringdon House, Church Street, Faringdon, SN7 8AE
Received 30 Oct 20184 Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DF
Received 23 Sept 2024Plot 4 Hidden Brook, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NS
Received 26 Oct 2018Pipaway Engineering Ltd, Milton Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4EZ
Received 26 Jan 2023Land at Yarnells Hill
Received 20 Nov 2025Maleficent Meadows, Baulking Lane, Baulking, SN7 8NR
Received 16 Jun 202151 Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JH
Received 5 Apr 2022The Annexe, Ambleside, Cothill Road, Cothill, Abingdon, OX13 6QQ
Received 29 Mar 202139 Westfield Way, WANTAGE, OX12 7EP
Received 20 Feb 201890 Barrow Road Shippon Abingdon OX13 6JQ
Received 19 May 2026Car Park, East Lockinge, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8QG
Received 7 Dec 2018Crab Hill, Land north of A417, Wantage, OX12 9FD
Received 18 Oct 2023Land at Spey Road, Shippon, Abingdon
Received 6 Aug 2025Village Hall, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LS
Received 4 Dec 2023Skippets Stables / Farm Dene Hollow Chilton OX11 0SN
Received 12 Aug 20261 Longfellow Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5PQ
Received 20 Aug 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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