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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.
5,414 approved · 559 refused · 607 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Estate Yard, Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 14 May 2025160 Cumnor Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JR
Received 13 Nov 202344 Masefield Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 5PJ
Received 16 May 2022The Cleve South Street Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PR
Received 15 Jul 202616 and 18 Priory Road Wantage OX12 9DD
Received 26 Aug 2026Brook House, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4AH
Received 10 Feb 2022Land to the South of Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay
Received 19 Jan 2026Land to the West of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 6 Oct 2022Trident One Trident Park, Unit 1e, Basil Hill Road, Didcot, OX11 7HJ
Received 19 Jul 2023Valley Park Primary School, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 20 Nov 202514 Road Running Through Wytham Wytham Oxford OX2 8QA
Received 2 Sept 2026Manorcroft, Manor Lane, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RX
Received 9 Nov 2023Ashbury Manor, Berrycroft, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LX
Received 9 May 2024Woodland Farm, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 21 Nov 2023Rose Cottage, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EZ
Received 14 Dec 2023Land between A34 Milton Interchange and B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 20 Feb 2026Abingdon Bowling Club, The Green Albert Park, Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DF
Received 13 Feb 2025Pembroke, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 12 Jun 20254 The Cleave, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EW
Received 21 Oct 2022Blackthorn Lodge, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JF
Received 28 Nov 2023Lowerfield Farm, Lower Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HT
Received 25 Mar 20267 Scholar Place, Oxford, OX2 9RD
Received 13 Jul 2022Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 1 Mar 202268 Spring Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AN
Received 16 Oct 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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