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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.
6,389 approved · 638 refused · 729 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 May 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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O/S various addresses Picklers Hill, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2BA
Received 28 Mar 2023Hills Yard, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8BY
Received 22 Jun 202112 Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EE
Received 19 Dec 2024Vale House Kings Lane Longcot Faringdon SN7 7SS
Received 14 Jul 202610 Darrell Way, Abingdon, OX14 1HG
Received 5 Jan 202612 Main Road, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LN
Received 19 Mar 202635 Sutton Wick Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4HH
Received 5 Jun 2023Sunrise Nursery, Abingdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AR
Received 24 Mar 202512 Woodley Close, Abingdon, OX14 1YH
Received 24 Dec 202518 Saxon Place, Wantage, OX12 9HX
Received 26 Nov 2021Lloyds Bank House, 8 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AW
Received 21 Mar 20254 Jubilee Gardens, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9TQ
Received 6 Apr 2023Lyford Grange, Lyford, Wantage, OX12 0EQ
Received 5 Apr 2023Land a Shrivenham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TN
Received 3 Apr 20234 Petwick Farm Cottages, Challow, Faringdon, SN7 8NU
Received 27 Jul 202255 High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, Oxfordshire, SN6 8AW
Received 25 Sept 2025Land East of Milton Hill, Abingdon
Received 18 Nov 202260 Swinburne Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HE
Received 26 Oct 2022Former Wicklesham Quarry, Faringdon, SN7 7PH
Received 25 Jun 202521 Big Wood Park, Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2LL
Received 12 Aug 202225 Sunningwell Road, Sunningwell, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6BJ
Received 11 Mar 2022157 Whitecross, Wootton, Oxon, OX13 6BP
Received 13 Nov 2025Fairacres, Unit F3, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TP
Received 19 May 2025Dq 190 Didcot Quarter, Sutton Courtenay Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4TE
Received 17 May 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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