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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.
4,610 approved · 501 refused · 480 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Aug 2022 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grove Farm Milton Hill Abingdon OX14 4DP
Received 25 Jun 2026Churchyard of St John the Baptist, Abingdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon
Received 26 Feb 2024Church Farmhouse Church Lane Harwell Didcot OX11 0EZ
Received 10 Sept 2026Coppice Leaze Farm, Coppice Lane, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TJ
Received 31 Mar 20252, 3 & 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RN
Received 13 Feb 2025Wytham Abbey, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QE
Received 3 Aug 2023Land at the Former Didcot A Power Station, Didcot, OX11 7HA
Received 15 Apr 2025Norrington House 22 High Street Drayton Abingdon OX14 4JL
Received 29 Jun 2026Lock View, Swinburne Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HD
Received 11 Mar 2025Warren House, Unit A, Oxford Road, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HP
Received 24 Mar 2023The Dairy, Chilswell Farm, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EP
Received 5 Sept 202220 Portway Close, East Hendred, OX12 8FQ
Received 23 Sept 2022Workshop And Premises, 2A High Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RS
Received 15 Mar 2024109 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AB
Received 20 Mar 2024Phase 2Ta (Jasmine Fields), Valley Park, Didcot
Received 11 Dec 2025Land at Townsend Road, Shrivenham, Swindon
Received 29 Jun 2023Appleton House, Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JX
Received 22 Apr 202411 High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AN
Received 21 Sept 2023King Alfred School East, Springfield Road, Wantage
Received 16 Oct 202310 Halls Close, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LU
Received 9 May 2024Land to the west of, Didcot B Power Station
Received 2 Feb 2024North Abingdon, Land North of Twelve Acre Drive,, Abingdon
Received 15 Sept 20221 The Paddock, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QU
Received 12 Dec 2022The Gables, Jackson Drive, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LL
Received 3 Feb 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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