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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.
5,836 approved · 590 refused · 659 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Oxford Rugby Football Club, North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 8 Sept 2025The Byre, Chilswell Farm, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EP
Received 4 May 20229 Queens Close, Botley, OX2 9DJ
Received 28 Feb 2023Barn 1, Woodland Farm, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 17 Dec 202116 Beagle Close, Abingdon, OX14 2NU
Received 24 Nov 202114 Peregrine Way, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0QB
Received 4 Aug 202225 Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EG
Received 9 May 202579 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BS
Received 6 Oct 202155 Storksbill Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5FQ
Received 26 Mar 2025Orchard Cottage Summertown East Hanney Wantage OX12 0JG
Received 25 Jun 20267 Philips Court Lombard Street Abingdon OX14 5EY
Received 12 Jun 20267 Broad Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RA
Received 8 Sept 2023Willow Barn, Cow Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EJ
Received 7 Mar 2025Land at former Didcot A Power Station Didcot Oxfordshire Didcot OX11 7HA
Received 13 May 20268 Longmead, Abingdon, OX14 1JQ
Received 11 May 2022The Old School, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QJ
Received 22 May 2024The Cleve, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 22 Mar 2024Longworth Manor, Church Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DY
Received 6 Nov 202316 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HA
Received 29 Apr 202510 Queen's Crescent, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8DD
Received 28 Oct 2022Land to the north of Buckland Road, Charney Bassett, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 0ES
Received 20 Jul 20236 Lower Radley Abingdon OX14 3AX
Received 26 May 2026113 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QR
Received 3 May 20237 Caudwell Close Drayton Abingdon OX14 4HX
Received 14 Jul 2026Records 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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