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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.
7,913 approved · 778 refused · 876 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
122 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AG
Received 16 Apr 2021Common Barn Farm, Garford, Abingdon, OX13 5PA
Received 22 Apr 2024Youlbury Scout Activity Centre, Youlbury, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HD
Received 3 Oct 20231 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JL
Received 16 Jan 2026Yew Tree House, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 10 Sept 201816 Parklands, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5PN
Received 18 Aug 2025Dormer Cottage, 25 Abingdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QN
Received 31 Aug 2021Former Rogers Concrete, Sandshill, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 1 Apr 2026Land to the north of Frome Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 30 Oct 2024Land off Townsend Road, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, SN6 8HR
Received 28 Sept 2018Stable at Webb's Paddock, Whitecross, Abingdon, OX13 6BU
Received 9 Sept 2025Peachcroft Christian Centre, Lindsay Drive, Abingdon, OX14 2RT
Received 11 Feb 2021Colliers Lane, Faringdon
Received 7 Nov 2018Nationwide Building Society, 3 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AB
Received 2 Feb 202444 Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 12 Oct 2018The Tandem, 193 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PG
Received 20 Mar 2025Miller Cottage, High Street, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DU
Received 16 Feb 202315 Rookery Close, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LY
Received 10 Feb 2023Dragon Hill, Woolstone Road, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RE
Received 15 Feb 20215-7 Bromsgrove, Faringdon, SN7 7JF
Received 25 Feb 2025Hunters Moon, Charney Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HW
Received 22 Jan 2021Letcombe Bassett Village Hall, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9LP
Received 28 Oct 20216A Broad Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RA
Received 2 Aug 202150 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Oxon, OX14 2HY
Received 10 Mar 2026Records 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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