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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.
8,158 approved · 794 refused · 891 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 The Quadrant, Abingdon, OX14 3YS
Received 31 Aug 2023Croft Cottage, Main Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JL
Received 12 Mar 2024The Old Bakery, 3 Main Road, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LN
Received 22 Aug 2025Coseners House, 15-16 Abbey Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3JD
Received 26 Jan 2022Upton Manor, High Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JE
Received 12 Oct 2023Site Of Walnut Cottage, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7SP
Received 11 Jul 2022Courtdown The Courtyard Stud, Court Hill Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JQ
Received 30 Jan 2019Land at North Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenahm, SN6 8BH
Received 3 Dec 202160 Appletons, Wantage, OX12 7GG
Received 17 Feb 2025Land North Of Shrivenham, Highworth Road Phase 2
Received 28 Mar 2024Blue Boar Ph, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 21 Aug 2024Elms Farm, Grove Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PD
Received 5 Apr 202316 Meadow Close, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NZ
Received 9 Oct 20243 Gordon Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3SW
Received 2 Mar 2021The Health Centre, Mably Way, Wantage, OX12 9BN
Received 13 May 2022Step Farm, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8BH
Received 17 Mar 2026Genesis Building, Library Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0SG
Received 2 Feb 2024Milton Heights, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4DR
Received 3 Feb 2025Gainsborough Green, Abingdon, OX14 5JP
Received 23 Feb 202222 High Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RS
Received 29 Jun 20213 Hendred Way, Abingdon, OX14 2AN
Received 9 Aug 2018Dundas Court, 24 Coxwell Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EZ
Received 21 Aug 2024Unit 9A-9D, Nuffield Way, Abingdon Business Park, Abingdon, OX14 1RL
Received 30 Jan 202514 Maple Gardens, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4GP
Received 5 Jul 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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