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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.
5,450 approved · 565 refused · 611 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Dec 2021 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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51 Laurel Drive, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5DJ
Received 20 Apr 2023A34 Lodge Hill Interchange, Abingdon
Received 15 Nov 2024104 Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JJ
Received 9 Oct 202562 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PU
Received 22 Sept 2023The Norman Hall, 9 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NJ
Received 17 Jan 2023Collis Moor, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PG
Received 26 Jan 2024Woodview, Dunstead Lane, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QL
Received 7 Feb 2023Land south of Curie Avenue and west of Second Street Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QG
Received 26 Jun 202612 Checker Walk, Abingdon, OX14 3JB
Received 31 Mar 202617 Lower Radley Abingdon OX14 3AX
Received 26 May 2026Eulalie Icknield Lane Wantage OX12 8EF
Received 5 Jun 202648 Steventon Road Drayton Abingdon OX14 4LD
Received 10 Sept 2026Land north of A147 (Phase 5), Crab Hill, Wantage
Received 28 Sept 2023Adams House, 39, Netherton, Abingdon, OX13 5LS
Received 7 Apr 2022Former Grove Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 13 Jul 202267 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LA
Received 22 May 202355 Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AU
Received 14 Oct 2024Rosey Cottage, 1, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 8NR
Received 9 Sept 2022Dene Lodge, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 24 May 2023Mcdonalds Restaurant, Section Of A4130 Between Milton Interchange And New Farm, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4TX
Received 6 Mar 20242 Council Houses, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7PY
Received 30 May 2025Cornerstone Road Running Through Littleworth Village Littleworth Faringdon SN7 8ED
Received 22 Sept 202637 Barrington Road, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TN
Received 2 May 20245 River Close, Abingdon, OX14 5LU
Received 12 May 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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