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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.
8,338 approved · 800 refused · 897 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Boot Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0FS
Received 23 Oct 2018Former Parklands School, Besselsleigh, Appleton, Oxford
Received 21 Dec 2023Keepers Cottage, Pusey, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8QB
Received 29 Apr 2025Stallpits Lane - 423173,189056, Stallpits Lane - 423141,189057, Swindon, SN6 8FJ
Received 9 Dec 202437 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4AW
Received 19 May 2021Tanglewood, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JF
Received 1 Mar 2021Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 16 Jan 20241 Nuneham Square, Abingdon, OX14 1EH
Received 2 Apr 202413 Hound Close, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2LU
Received 1 Oct 20183 Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 26 Mar 2025Sutton Courtenay Rail Sidings, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PJ
Received 22 Jul 202611 Medlicott Drive Abingdon OX14 5PS
Received 21 Jul 2026Kings Arms, 39 Wallingford Street, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8AU
Received 4 Jul 2018Land at Crab Hill - Phase 6, Land North of A417 and east of A338, Wantage, OX12 7LR
Received 27 Nov 2024Paddock House 23 Packhorse Lane Marcham Abingdon OX13 6NT
Received 22 Jul 2026Land at Crab Hill, East of A338, Grove, OX12 9PL
Received 12 Dec 201899 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6SJ
Received 13 Aug 2024Rectory House, Church Green, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HU
Received 17 Feb 2021Land West of Coxwell Road, Faringdon
Received 28 May 20214 Thackeray Close, Oxford, OX2 9GZ
Received 26 Jun 2023Church Cottage, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 17 Feb 202537d Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4RT
Received 5 Feb 2025Fawler Cottage, Fawler, Wantage, OX12 9QJ
Received 26 Apr 2023Spectrum, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon, OX14 1DZ
Received 22 Jan 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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