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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.
5,811 approved · 589 refused · 654 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Sept 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Building B150, Harwell Campus, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0TR
Received 6 Oct 2025Valley Park Phase 1, Land to the West of Great Western Park, Didcot
Received 29 Apr 2022Thatched Tavern, Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JH
Received 21 Mar 2022Cherbury House, Lower Lodge Farm, Charney Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HW
Received 15 May 20231 Linch Farm, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QP
Received 24 Jan 2024Meadow Way, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LA
Received 12 Mar 202525 High Street Drayton OX14 4JW
Received 12 Jun 20262 Chilton Close, Abingdon, OX14 2AP
Received 2 Apr 20252 Palmers Wantage OX12 7HB
Received 18 Aug 2026Land to the North of Spring Hill, South of A420, Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor
Received 1 Dec 2022The Toll House, 69 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DJ
Received 18 Sept 2023Church Farm Cottage, 69, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6RD
Received 8 Apr 202217 Edmonds Drive, Faringdon, SN7 7RX
Received 20 Mar 2023Lark Rise, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NP
Received 15 Oct 2024148 Whitehorns Way, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LH
Received 4 Oct 2021Kingston Lisle House Kingston Lisle Park Kingston Lisle Wantage OX12 9QG
Received 23 Apr 2026Land at Former Didcot A Power Station, North of Milton Road, Didcot
Received 3 Nov 2022Chilswell Barn, Chilswell Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BN
Received 6 Feb 2024Land off Townsend Road, Shrivenham
Received 6 Oct 2021Bright Horizons Nursery, 5 Gentian Mews, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6GR
Received 7 Feb 2024Thatched Tavern, Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JH
Received 19 Sept 202311 Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 14 Nov 2025Stonepitt Barn, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5HB
Received 4 Jun 2024The Pavilion, Playfield Road, Kennington, OX1 5RS
Received 19 Feb 2025Records 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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