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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.
5,929 approved · 599 refused · 674 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oxford Space Systems, Unit 1 Zephyr Building, Eighth Street, Didcot, OX11 0RL
Received 6 Apr 2023Land off Pine Woods Road, Kingston Bagpuize
Received 13 Dec 2022Royal British Legion Hall, Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HP
Received 8 Oct 2021Grass Ley, Lower Lodge Farm, Charney Road, Longworh, OX13 5HW
Received 11 Jul 2023Land to the north of Frome Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 5 Jun 20232 Hart Close, Abingdon, OX14 3XN
Received 4 Jan 202463 Hamble Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3TF
Received 21 May 20246 Friars Mews, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4GS
Received 24 Feb 2022176 Oxford Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2AE
Received 1 Jun 2023Monks Farm, Townsend, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 17 Nov 2023St Blaise C of E Primary School, School Lane, Milton Heights, Abingdon, OX14 4DR
Received 28 Apr 20236 Truelocks Way, Wantage, OX12 7EG
Received 13 Mar 2024Land to the rear of 89A-93, Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9DG
Received 12 May 2022Land at Crab Hill, Land east of A3388 and North of A417, Wantage, OX12 8HT
Received 9 Sept 202122 Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DS
Received 17 Sept 2024Hills Yard, Section Of Lechlade Road Running Through Buscot, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8BY
Received 27 Sept 2023105 Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PR
Received 4 Jan 2023Monks Farm, Grove
Received 13 Jun 202528 Rose Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1XX
Received 21 Jan 2026Spring Cottage, Kingstone Winslow, Swindon, SN6 8NG
Received 1 Aug 2024170 Cothill Road Dry Sandford Abingdon OX13 6JW
Received 9 Jun 2026Denchworth Manor, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DX
Received 20 Nov 2025Fairacres Retail Park, Marcham Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1BY
Received 27 Feb 20264 Welford Gardens, Abingdon, OX14 2BW
Received 15 Oct 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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