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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.
5,992 approved · 604 refused · 679 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cornerways Church Street Upton Didcot OX11 9JB
Received 31 Mar 202628 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HQ
Received 17 Jul 2025The Manor, 68 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JR
Received 29 May 2025Shrivenham Hundred Business Park, Majors Road, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TZ
Received 18 Nov 2022Church of St Mary, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QR
Received 2 Jul 202554 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JW
Received 17 May 2023Land to the west of the A338, and the north of East Hanney, East Hanney
Received 3 Dec 2021Orchard Corner, Ford Lane, East Hendred, OX12 8LS
Received 27 Sept 202445 Sellwood Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PF
Received 2 Dec 2025Old Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 1 Sept 2023College Farm, Holborn Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9XG
Received 18 Nov 202522 Sharland Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AF
Received 18 Apr 2023Walnut Tree Cottage, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AW
Received 6 Mar 2024Land to the north west of Radley, Radley
Received 6 Apr 2022Wisteria Cottage 2 Claypits Lane Shrivenham Swindon SN6 8AH
Received 20 May 20265 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AL
Received 16 Aug 202417 Garford Close, Abingdon, OX14 2BY
Received 26 Jul 202251 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BE
Received 22 Jul 2022Cleave Cottage, The Cleave, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EL
Received 16 May 2024College Farm, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9XG
Received 21 Feb 20224 Fairlawn Wharf, East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5ED
Received 15 Jun 2022Woodlands, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DL
Received 5 Mar 202416 Jacksmeadow, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7GN
Received 18 Jul 202232 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2HY
Received 5 Dec 2022Records 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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