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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.
5,839 approved · 591 refused · 659 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Avalon House, 1 Marcham Road, ABINGDON, OX14 1TZ
Received 18 Aug 2022George House, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 4 Dec 2023Pinewood School Road Running Through Bourton To Hinton Marsh, Bourton, Swindon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8HZ
Received 14 Jan 2026S/O 2 Appleford Drive, Abingdon, OX14 2DA
Received 18 Mar 2024The Old Bakehouse, 4 North Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NG
Received 25 Nov 2021The Black Horse, Gozzards Ford, Abingdon, OX13 6JH
Received 10 Feb 202529 Bramble Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6ET
Received 7 Jun 2022Oxford Sports Club, Southern Bypass, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 25 Oct 2024Holmwood, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DL
Received 5 Nov 2024Gilbourns Farmhouse 155 Drayton Road Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4HA
Received 26 May 2026Crystalox Building Kings Park Wantage OX12 9AJ
Received 3 Jun 2026Park Way, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Received 26 Aug 2022Crown Packaging Plc, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9BP
Received 20 Jan 20261 St Michaels Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1DR
Received 19 Mar 202629 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NZ
Received 26 Nov 2024Louie Memorial Pavillion, Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JD
Received 13 Nov 20255 St Michaels, Priory Road, Wantage, OX12 9DE
Received 25 Jul 2024Webbs Barn Cottage, Witney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AN
Received 30 Mar 2022Chilswell Farm, Mill Barn, Lane From Chilswell Lane To Chilswell Farm, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EP
Received 27 May 2022Junction of Fairacres and Nuffield Way, Abingdon, OX14 1TP
Received 16 Jul 202521 John Morris Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HN
Received 4 Jan 2022Homing, Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DY
Received 22 Dec 202280 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PB
Received 13 May 2025North Abingdon, Land North of Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon, Abingdon
Received 17 Jan 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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