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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.
7,951 approved · 780 refused · 879 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thistledome, Grove Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EG
Received 9 Feb 2023Dry Leys, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5HB
Received 23 Sept 20227 Stonehill Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HU
Received 28 Oct 202442A Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JH
Received 5 Aug 20229 Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4FB
Received 7 Jan 201920 Truelocks Way, Wantage, OX12 7EG
Received 22 Jan 2021Land at Grove Road Grove
Received 14 Apr 2026Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 23 Sept 202446 Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PG
Received 24 Jan 2025Laburnum House, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JY
Received 24 Jul 2025Ashbrook Cottage, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PF
Received 25 Jul 2022Mille Fleurs, Main Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX129JP
Received 18 Jan 202280 Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6JQ
Received 15 Sept 2021The Health Centre, Mably Way, Wantage, OX12 9BN
Received 20 Jun 2022The Barn, Charlton Village Road, Charlton, Wantage, OX12 7HQ
Received 9 Oct 2023Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange, & the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden, including part of the A4130 east of the A34 Milton, Interchange
Received 16 Sept 20251 Sweetmans Road, Oxford, OX2 9BA
Received 9 Feb 202426 Caldecott Chase, Abingdon, OX14 5GZ
Received 21 Nov 2022Abingdon School, Faringdon Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BQ
Received 4 Oct 201814 Gardiner Close, Abingdon, OX14 3YA
Received 5 Mar 2021Bridge Farm House, Main Road, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4NU
Received 18 Nov 2021Dundas Court, 24 Coxwell Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EZ
Received 3 Feb 20231 Brumcombe Lane, Bayworth, Abingdon, OX13 6QU
Received 11 Nov 202529 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EE
Received 13 Nov 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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