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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.
7,599 approved · 742 refused · 851 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
75 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6DZ
Received 12 May 2025Crescent House, 21 Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DD
Received 23 Jun 20233GR Princes Manor Farm, Princes Manor Farm, Harwell, OX11 0DP
Received 14 Oct 2021Jacinta, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LW
Received 24 Aug 20231 Chilbrook Harwell Didcot OX11 0HE
Received 19 Jun 2026Cross Trees, 1 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AD
Received 3 Nov 202135 Charlbury Road, Shrivenham, SN6 8EE
Received 9 Jan 2019The Old Gaol Office, 65 The Old Gaol, Abingdon, OX14 3HE
Received 5 May 2023Upper Manor Farm, Warborough Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LD
Received 13 Sept 202311 Ross Court, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5AD
Received 23 Apr 2025The Old Dairy, Kingstone Winslow, Swindon, SN6 8NJ
Received 4 May 2023Highview, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NG
Received 25 Nov 202252A Ock Street Abingdon OX14 5BZ
Received 24 Jun 2026The Rose And Crown, Main Street, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RZ
Received 30 Sept 2021Rose Cottage, The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 18 Oct 2025Tesco, Garden Centre, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TU
Received 7 Feb 202210 Tinkerbush Lane, Wantage, OX12 9HE
Received 19 Jul 2021Near to 190 Didcot Quarter, Sutton Courtney Road, Sutton Courtenay, ABINGDON, OX14 4TE
Received 5 Jan 202672 Foliat Drive, Wantage, OX12 7AL
Received 18 Oct 2023St Michaels, Spring Copse, Oxford, OX1 5BJ
Received 16 Feb 20211 Tilbury Lane, Oxford, OX2 9NB
Received 19 Apr 2021Corner House, Allins Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JR
Received 5 Mar 201928 Swinburne Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HD
Received 16 Oct 2023Old Well Cottage, Church Road, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8SE
Received 1 Nov 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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