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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.
8,086 approved · 789 refused · 888 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Old Police Station, Coach Lane, Faringdon, SN7 8AB
Received 5 Aug 2024Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 5 Jul 202238 Arthray Road, Botley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9AB
Received 25 Mar 20215 Norman Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2HQ
Received 4 Aug 2022Wooded area adjacent to Orpwood Paddock School Road Ardington
Received 22 May 2026Santander, 23 Bury Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QT
Received 22 Mar 2024Land North of Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenham
Received 6 Jul 2023Land at Grove Road, Grove
Received 6 Sept 202421 Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7BP
Received 3 Nov 2022Former Rifle Range Building, Churn Estate, DIDCOT, OX11 9HD
Received 9 Aug 2018Brook View, Tatham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1QD
Received 1 Feb 2021Gallica Wytham Oxford OX2 8QN
Received 2 Sept 2026The White Horse Leisure And Tennis Centre, Audlett Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3PJ
Received 27 Jun 2024Cross Trees, 1 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4AD
Received 25 Mar 2019Suites 1-4, 127 Olympic Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 4SA
Received 18 Jul 2023Land South of A4130 & West of New Farm, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4TX
Received 14 Jul 2022Millbrook Cottage, Berry Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QJ
Received 27 Aug 2024The Annexe, Westbrook House,, 18 Gravel Walk, Faringdon, SN7 7JW
Received 29 Apr 2025Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, South of Thomson Avenue, Harwell Campus
Received 6 Jan 202238 Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 25 Apr 2025Land east of Road 8, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX
Received 27 Apr 2026Woodlands, Wantage Road, Rowstock, Didcot, OX11 0JY
Received 2 May 20252 Sycamore Walk, Grove, OX12 0BN
Received 4 Nov 202530 Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DS
Received 1 Apr 2022Records 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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