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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,289 approved · 551 refused · 592 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Teallach Cottage, 7 High Street, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8NA
Received 7 Aug 2024The Maltings, Stonehill Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HU
Received 15 Oct 2024Elm Tree House, 24 High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AA
Received 10 Nov 2025The Haven, London Road, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9PD
Received 24 Oct 2023Close Barn, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 28 Mar 2024The Stone House, Baulking, Faringdon, Oxon, SN6 7QE
Received 5 Dec 2022Land between Upton footpath and, Upton Byway off Hollow Way, Hollow Way, Upton, OX11 9HP
Received 6 Oct 202230 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 24 Mar 2022Lyford House, 1 The Green, Lyford, Wantage, OX12 0EG
Received 5 Jan 2024Chelsie House, 104 West Way, Oxford, OX2 9JU
Received 12 Mar 2024Lay by Reading Road, Wantage, Oxon
Received 19 Nov 202531 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AH
Received 20 Jun 2022Hartford Greys, Sandy Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HN
Received 10 Dec 2025Land East of Milton Hill, Abingdon
Received 30 Sept 202219 Hids Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9JJ
Received 5 Feb 202413-15 First And Second Floors, Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QH
Received 8 Apr 20229 Barn Close, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0EZ
Received 7 Mar 2024Brook House, High Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RS
Received 18 Oct 2022Orchard House 2 Petypher Gardens Kingston Bagpuize Abingdon OX13 5FR
Received 8 Jun 2026Frilford Service Station, Frilford Road (A415), Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 6QL
Received 31 Oct 2023Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 7 Apr 2026Walden, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DL
Received 9 May 2023Land to the West of Great Western Park, (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 3 Oct 2023Egrove Park, Oxford Said Business School Ltd, Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NY
Received 22 Feb 2024Records 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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