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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.
5,925 approved · 599 refused · 672 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Airfield, West of Grove To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 13 Nov 2024Wagon And Horses, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BG
Received 21 Sept 20238 Suffolk Way Abingdon OX14 5JX
Received 29 Jun 2026Abingdon Preparatory School Kingston Road Frilford Abingdon OX13 5NX
Received 1 May 202621 West St Helens Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5BL
Received 24 Oct 2025Land to the west of Great Western Park (Valley Park) - Phase
Received 15 May 2024Cowley to Waltham & Cowley to Minety, South Hinksey
Received 20 Nov 202530 New Road, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0ER
Received 16 Aug 2022Land to West of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 21 May 2024Land at Churn Hill, Off Bohams Road, Blewburry, Didcot, OX11 9HG
Received 7 Nov 202422 Wilsham Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5LA
Received 17 Oct 202231 Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PJ
Received 30 Jan 202615, Lower Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AX
Received 10 Feb 2026Wellingtonia Lodge, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QW
Received 15 Nov 2022Station Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 8JL
Received 31 Aug 2023Church of St Andrew, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JS
Received 11 Dec 2025Cedar Glen, Harris's Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EH
Received 22 Sept 2023Peach Cottage, The Green, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NT
Received 20 Mar 20254A West Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PR
Received 1 Jun 202311 Spenlove Close, Abingdon, OX14 1YE
Received 12 Dec 2024Fernham Farm, Chapel Lane, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NX
Received 7 Jul 202226 Leamington Drive Faringdon SN7 7JZ
Received 3 Jul 202645 St Johns Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HA
Received 4 Dec 2025Walnut Cottage, 199 Cothill Road, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JW
Received 16 Jul 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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