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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,957 approved · 781 refused · 879 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mill Cottage, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NH
Received 26 Mar 202556 South Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QR
Received 7 Dec 2021Curly Cottage, Ginge Road, West Hendred, OX12 8RR
Received 3 Aug 2021Teallach Cottage, 7 High Street, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8NA
Received 29 Mar 20195 Dalton Close Milton Abingdon OX13 6GY
Received 31 Mar 202669 Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6JQ
Received 2 Oct 2018Innisfree, West Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UJ
Received 4 Sept 2024Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 9 Jun 202565 Foliat Drive, Wantage, OX12 7AL
Received 12 Nov 2018The Gables, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 22 Feb 2025Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Oxon, OX13 6NW
Received 15 Nov 20229 Dearlove Close, Abingdon, OX14 1LP
Received 1 Oct 2021Frax House, Road Running Between Abingdon Road And Faringdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AW
Received 17 Nov 202556 Mayfield Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7ND
Received 9 Aug 202111 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QN
Received 18 May 20251 The Quadrant, Abingdon, OX14 3YS
Received 16 Nov 2022The Old Rectory, 29, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 27 Jan 2026161 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 10 Nov 2023Linden Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QN
Received 19 Apr 202430 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 19 Dec 2024The Granary, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AG
Received 9 Aug 202129 Kennington Road Kennington Oxford OX1 5NZ
Received 22 Apr 2026The Old House, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JP
Received 4 Sept 20251 Ferry Walk, Abingdon, OX14 5HR
Received 14 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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