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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.
8,037 approved · 785 refused · 885 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Rosemary Cottage, Abingdon Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NF
Received 18 Mar 2019Church Of All Saints, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AE
Received 17 Feb 2026The Firs Hinksey Hill Oxford OX1 5BD
Received 19 Jun 2026Pusey Estate, Pusey, Farringdon, SN7 8QB
Received 17 Nov 202310 Wasbrough Avenue, Wantage, OX12 9BD
Received 20 Jun 20248 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DZ
Received 25 Apr 2025Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 10 Aug 2022Lower Mill House, Kingstone Winslow, Swindon, SN6 8NF
Received 18 Dec 201819 Norman Avenue Abingdon OX14 2HQ
Received 6 Oct 202616 Bow Bank, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ER
Received 22 Apr 2024The Grange, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8JQ
Received 28 Nov 20239 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6DY
Received 28 Sept 202275 Cumnor Hill Oxford OX2 9HX
Received 22 May 2026Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 2 Apr 202451A Chawley Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PX
Received 8 Feb 20242 Copperfield Close, Wantage, OX12 9YD
Received 9 Sept 2021Land at Grove Road, Grove
Received 10 Oct 2024The Coach House, Station Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8JL
Received 8 Nov 2024110 Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5JJ
Received 20 Jul 202159 Larkhill Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1BJ
Received 18 Apr 202331 Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PJ
Received 15 Aug 2022Verge at end of Park Road, Abingdon
Received 6 Aug 2025The Cleve, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 12 Jul 202421 The Croft, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0ED
Received 24 Jun 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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