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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.
7,619 approved · 746 refused · 853 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Lime Road, Oxford, OX2 9EG
Received 8 Jul 2025Land rear of Walnut Tree House, Witney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AN
Received 13 Apr 2026Kingston Lisle House, Kingston Lisle Park, Wantage, OX12 9QQ
Received 30 Mar 2026Broadleaze Barn, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LP
Received 29 Sept 2022St Mary's Chapel Wantage OX12 8FA
Received 2 Sept 2026Christ Church, Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PL
Received 15 Jun 2022Fallowfields, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, ABINGDON, OX13 5BH
Received 23 Oct 2018Judric Radley Road Abingdon OX14 3SN
Received 1 Oct 202629 Bridus Mead, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PJ
Received 21 Aug 2023Bellingers, 111 Ock Street, ABINGDON, OX14 5DQ
Received 2 Jan 2019Oday Quarry (Sutton Wick Quarry), Oday Hill, Sutton Wick, Abingdon, OX14 4AA
Received 15 Dec 20231 Cherry Tree Close, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BB
Received 22 Jan 2024Church Of St Augustine Of Canterbury, Church Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LA
Received 26 Jul 20231 The Old Bakery, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JN
Received 23 May 2025Thatched Barn, 36 Milton Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SA
Received 21 Aug 2023211 South Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QU
Received 19 Dec 202546 Berry Croft, Abingdon, OX14 1JN
Received 25 Feb 2021Symonds Farm, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 15 Nov 2022Site Of Walnut Cottage, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7SP
Received 8 Nov 20223 Ashfield Close, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HW
Received 30 Jun 2021Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, North of Thomson Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QG
Received 7 Jul 20235 St Michael's House, Priory Road, Wantage, OX12 9DE
Received 1 Sept 2022The Old Rectory, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8SA
Received 3 Nov 2021Heath House, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BG
Received 10 Oct 2023Records 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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