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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.
8,402 approved · 803 refused · 903 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Mar 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Blacknall Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HE
Received 31 Jan 2022Waitrose Ltd, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3HL
Received 21 May 2018White Rosen, Icknield Lane, Wantage, OX12 8EF
Received 4 Mar 2024Chilton Fields, Chilton
Received 22 Jun 20228 Badgers Copse, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3BQ
Received 17 Jun 2022Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 19 Mar 202614 Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DF
Received 31 May 2023Oak Tree House, Manor Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AE
Received 2 May 2025Land adjacent to Fernham House, Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Received 14 May 20183 Torpy Close, Milton, Abingdon, OX13 6GZ
Received 24 Sept 202481 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AB
Received 20 Jun 2025Ardington House, Church Street, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8QA
Received 16 Feb 20261 Lime Trees, Chilton, OX11 0WH
Received 27 Mar 2026King Alfreds School West Challow Road Wantage OX12 9DU
Received 14 Jul 2026St Michaels, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 29 May 2025Magpie Cottage, 30 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JW
Received 19 Jan 2026Tacoma, Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5QW
Received 8 Nov 2021The Copse House, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DG
Received 11 May 202130 West Way Square, Oxford, OX2 9TJ
Received 20 Feb 20239 Cowleaze Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EH
Received 5 Feb 202519 Buscot, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8BZ
Received 26 Jan 2021Wick Hall, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3NF
Received 16 Oct 20252 Grange Farm Cottages, North Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DW
Received 7 Sept 20211 Colton Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AZ
Received 11 Nov 2025Records 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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