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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.
5,247 approved · 547 refused · 590 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rutherford Appleton Lab EBW Division, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX
Received 8 May 2026Tudor House, 67 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SQ
Received 5 May 2022H F T South Oxfordshire And Berkshire Service, Milton Heights, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4DR
Received 19 May 20224 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JX
Received 21 Jun 20224 Harding Road Abingdon OX14 1SF
Received 10 Sept 202616 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HP
Received 15 Mar 2022Henwood Farmhouse, Henwood Drive, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JX
Received 5 Apr 2024Standford in the Vale Postcode area
Received 7 Feb 202319 Gall Close, Abingdon, OX14 3XY
Received 13 Oct 2023Avon Road, Chilton, OX11 0TX
Received 23 Jan 2024Richmond Letcombe Regis, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9RG
Received 4 Jul 20232 Charlbury Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EQ
Received 24 Jun 2024Bumblebee Cottage, 15 Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6RD
Received 30 May 2025The Cottage, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 21 Feb 2023Manor Cottage, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PX
Received 15 Nov 2023Land north of, Copenhagen Drive, Abingdon, OX14 1RF
Received 18 Aug 2025OS 7 Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 13 Jan 2026Home Farm, Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7QA
Received 21 Dec 2023Tesco, Garden Centre, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TU
Received 15 Feb 2023Faringdon Tennis Club, Stanford Road, Faringdon, SN7 8BF
Received 5 Oct 2023Hanson Aggregates, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received 25 Apr 2023Monks Farm, Grove
Received 4 Jun 20257 Colne Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NN
Received 5 Sept 2023Land At Grove Airfield, Denchworth Road, Grove, Wantage
Received 4 Aug 2023Records 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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