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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.
8,613 approved · 815 refused · 917 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Paddocks, Park Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JT
Received 21 Sept 201814 Lombard Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BJ
Received 23 Aug 201816 Acacia Gardens, Southmoor, OX13 5DE
Received 22 Aug 2025Upward Quarry, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5DW
Received 20 Mar 2024Brindle, 51 Sellwood Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PF
Received 6 Mar 20191 Hillyard Barns, High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BJ
Received 5 May 2021The Knowl, 52 Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3JU
Received 4 Mar 2021Church Farm, Hunters Lodge Dark Lane Sunningwell Abingdon OX13 6RE
Received 21 Apr 2026Long Acre, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LU
Received 9 Aug 2022Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor PC Burial Ground, Abingdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon, OX13 5AZ
Received 18 Jul 2023Kingston Lisle House, Kingston Lisle Park, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QQ
Received 25 Mar 202611 Dean Court Road, OXFORD, OX2 9JL
Received 12 Feb 201843A Sandford Lane, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RW
Received 16 May 2022159 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9NE
Received 15 May 20242 Hengest Gate, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0HH
Received 3 Mar 2025Dunraven House, 32 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 7 Oct 2022Land South East of Diamond Synchrotron, Fermi Avenue, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 7 Feb 202456 West Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 8QE
Received 26 Mar 2025Williams Racing, Grove, Oxfordshire
Received 24 Mar 2025Spanswick Farm, Holborn Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LR
Received 3 Oct 202224 Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JB
Received 1 Jul 2024Magpie Cottage 30 High Street Drayton Abingdon OX14 4JW
Received 17 Apr 202618 Scantlebury Way, Wantage, OX12 8GJ
Received 30 Aug 2022Opp 27 Ormond Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8DZ
Received 15 Sept 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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