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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.
5,230 approved · 547 refused · 589 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Mar 2022 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Old Rectory Milton Lane Milton Abingdon OX14 4EW
Received 14 May 202627 Lime Road, Oxford, OX2 9EQ
Received 18 Mar 202220 Manor Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AE
Received 18 Aug 2025Near Canal Farm House, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9YQ
Received 6 Jun 2022Denbigh Cottage, Burr Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DT
Received 7 Jun 202253 Mathews Way, Wootton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6JU
Received 14 Feb 2023Unit 14 Westway Square, Oxford, OX2 9TJ
Received 12 Jan 202626 Sweetmans Road, Oxford, OX2 9BA
Received 27 Feb 202612 Leigh Croft, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DL
Received 3 Feb 202511 Lawrence Close, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9YR
Received 8 Jul 2022Trinity House, Conduit Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DB
Received 25 Apr 202310 Market Place / 1 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7HL
Received 29 Oct 2025Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 10 May 2024Whites Farm House, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW
Received 14 Mar 2024The Dial House, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 5 Aug 20252, 3 & 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4RZ
Received 21 Aug 2023The Byre, Kings Lane, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TZ
Received 24 Mar 20233 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8BU
Received 31 Aug 2022Dahlia View Phase 2Tb, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 16 Apr 2025The Limes, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PE
Received 11 Nov 20222 Woodland Cottages, Bayworth Lane, Sunningwell, Oxford, OX1 5DF
Received 5 Jul 202313 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QH
Received 27 Jul 202240 Flowe Drive, Wantage, OX12 7GS
Received 2 Aug 202428 Appleford Drive, Abingdon, OX14 2BZ
Received 26 Apr 2022Records 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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