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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.
7,524 approved · 737 refused · 846 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
George House, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 15 Jan 20261 Ferry Walk, Abingdon, OX14 5HR
Received 25 Oct 2024Tagdown Barn, Sandy Lane, Hatford, Faringdon, SN7 8JH
Received 10 Jan 20195 Hidden Brook, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NS
Received 26 Oct 2018The Old Rectory, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 3 Mar 202624 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JL
Received 23 Apr 202125 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AW
Received 8 Feb 20228 Liddiard Close, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RY
Received 8 Jan 2026Land north of Dunmore Road and Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 15 Nov 202314 Golafre Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HW
Received 23 Oct 2024Marcham Park (formerly Denman College), New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 21 Aug 20251 Sugworth Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2JR
Received 3 Nov 20212 Harding Road Abingdon OX14 1SF
Received 28 Sept 202619 London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NX
Received 17 Feb 2025Land to the north west of Radley, Radley
Received 3 Nov 2021Princes Manor Farm, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HA
Received 10 Oct 202456 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 1EB
Received 26 Oct 2021A34 Lodge Hill Interchange, Abingdon, OX14 1RW
Received 17 Nov 2022Roysse Court, Bridge Street, Abingdon, OX14 3HU
Received 13 May 2022Wytham Woods, The Chalet, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QQ
Received 18 Feb 202119 Roach Bank, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9ZD
Received 10 Oct 20228 The Meads, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LJ
Received 12 Mar 202543 Robsart Place, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QT
Received 27 Nov 2018Rectory House, Church Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HU
Received 16 Dec 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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