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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.
5,093 approved · 538 refused · 560 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Aldi, Wootton Road, Abingdon-on-Thames
Received 10 Jun 202221 North Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QN
Received 2 May 2023The Olives, Ebbs Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HL
Received 26 Jun 202454 Mably Grove, Wantage, OX12 9XW
Received 12 Jun 2023Barcote Farm Cottage, Barcote Park, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PP
Received 7 Aug 20236 Sarajac Avenue, East Challow, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9SA
Received 21 Jun 2023Milton Heights, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4DR
Received 23 Mar 202693 St Mary's, Wantage, OX12 8FF
Received 9 Aug 20242 Blenheim Way, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5NQ
Received 14 Oct 2022Cottage Farmhouse, Upper Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HY
Received 2 Oct 2025113 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BS
Received 25 Mar 2026Cedar Glen, Harris's Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EH
Received 20 Jun 2023Holy Trinity Church, Charlton Village Road, Wantage, OX12 7HE
Received 27 Mar 202665 Foliat Drive Wantage OX12 7AL
Received 31 Jul 2026Land to the rear of 22-24 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PT
Received 16 Jan 2026Clover Cottage, 5 Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7QA
Received 5 Dec 2024The Glen, 7 Ginge Brook, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AL
Received 27 Oct 2025Peartree Cottage, High Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RP
Received 12 Feb 2024Monks Farm (Phase 2A) Grove Oxon
Received 21 Apr 2026Rose Cottage, High Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JY
Received 14 Nov 2025Land to the north of Frome Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 31 May 202327 Windmill Place, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RT
Received 19 Dec 2024Wytham Woods, The Chalet, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QQ
Received 4 Jul 2022Alpha House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 8 Apr 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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