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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.
9,036 approved · 847 refused · 960 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Oct 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Fairmile Farm, Land at Baulking Lane, Baulking, SN7 8NR
Received 21 Apr 20221 Stowford Cottages, Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LN
Received 19 May 2022South of A417,, Buscot
Received 27 Jun 202247 Raleigh Park Road, North Hinksey, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9AZ
Received 28 Feb 2018Upper Farm Road
Received 30 May 202320 Milton Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SA
Received 19 Oct 2022Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Diamond House, Road Thirteen, Didcot, OX11 0DE
Received 4 Mar 2024Cross Trees Cottage, 1 Brook Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AH
Received 2 Nov 2018The Thatched Cottage, 4 Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NR
Received 23 Mar 2022Manor Barn, Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JR
Received 10 May 2021OS 1 Catharine Close, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3AR
Received 3 Jul 20236 The Square Abingdon OX14 5AR
Received 22 Jun 2026Radley College, Kennington Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HR
Received 24 Feb 20258 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AP
Received 14 Apr 20258 Culham Close, Abingdon, OX14 2AS
Received 5 Apr 2024Stanton House, Stanton Road, Oxford, OX2 9AY
Received 25 Nov 20212 Sudbury Court, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8AF
Received 14 Feb 20182 Stowford Cottages, Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LN
Received 15 Nov 202187 Southern Bypass, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0LJ
Received 25 Apr 2018Land off Townsend Road, Oxfordshire, SN6 8HR
Received 25 May 2018Land off The Lynch, East Hendred
Received 26 Apr 201830 Manor Road, South Hinksey, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5AS
Received 11 Nov 2021The Brook Veterinary Surgery, High Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RU
Received 27 Feb 2025The Old Cart House, 25A High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QD
Received 8 Jun 2023Records 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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