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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.
7,457 approved · 730 refused · 841 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Oct 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hills Quarry Products Ltd, Upwood Quarry, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5DW
Received 25 Oct 202430 Harwell Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BW
Received 11 Mar 2019Paddock View, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 12 Dec 2022Land at 31 Welford Gardens, Abingdon, OX14 2BN
Received 5 May 2021South Gables, Kings Lane, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7SS
Received 20 Jan 2023Albert Park, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DS
Received 15 Jul 20216 Mill Paddock, Letcombe Regis, OX12 9JE
Received 18 Jan 2023Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange, and the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden
Received 24 Nov 202546 Austin Place, Abingdon, OX14 1LX
Received 7 Jun 202314 Linden Crescent, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7NB
Received 12 Apr 202115 Harcourt Green, Wantage, OX12 7DJ
Received 17 May 2021Christmas Cottage, 22 Gozzards Ford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6JH
Received 20 Jul 2021Site Of, 82 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HU
Received 19 Dec 2022Macdermid Autotype Ltd, Grove Road, Wantage, OX12 7BZ
Received 13 May 2025Dixie Down Meadows, Faringdon Road, Stanford-in-Vale, SN7 8NP
Received 16 Oct 202350 Laburnum Road, Oxford, OX2 9EN
Received 22 Jan 2026Warehouse, Ferndale Street, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7BE
Received 16 Jun 2021Mulberry Farm, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UT
Received 13 Mar 2023Radley College, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HR
Received 8 Mar 2023Giffard, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8QW
Received 27 Sept 202317 Manor Lane, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AD
Received 28 Feb 2023St Katharines House, Ormond Road, Wantage, OX12 8EA
Received 17 Jan 2022The Manor, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RE
Received 26 Jun 2022Hair Studio, 58 Hadland Road, Abingdon, OX14 3YH
Received 23 May 2024Records 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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