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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.
6,090 approved · 617 refused · 692 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jul 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Didcot Extra Care, Greenwood Way, Didcot, OX11 6GD
Received 7 Jan 2022Spring Gardens Cemetery, Spring Gardens, Abingdon, OX14 1AZ
Received 1 Apr 20258 Blacknall Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HE
Received 27 Jan 2022The Old Bull, 27 London Street, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7AG
Received 7 Mar 2022246 Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX13 6RN
Received 13 Feb 2023Field (E445658 N185425), East Hendred
Received 26 Feb 2026Cheers Farm, Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LA
Received 5 Dec 20256 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AZ
Received 22 Sept 202243 Boxhill Road, Abingdon, OX14 2ET
Received 10 May 2023Land at Monks Farm, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 10 Dec 2024Garden House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 12 Sept 2023St Katharines House, Ormond Road, Wantage, OX12 8EA
Received 15 Oct 2024The Craven Pottery, Fernham Road, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RD
Received 13 May 2022Richmond Letcombe Regis, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9RG
Received 6 Mar 2024Hill House, 20 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 3 Apr 2024North A420 Botley Road to south A423 ring road between, A34 to the west & the Oxford to London railway line to east, including land between the A4144 Abingdon Road, to the west & the River Thames.
Received 31 Mar 2022Land at Townsend Road, Shrivenham
Received 8 May 2024Whitewood House, 10 Elderberry Close, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0FJ
Received 26 Aug 2021Former Site Of Lloyds Bank Plc, 8 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HN
Received 20 Feb 202612 Poplar Road, Oxford, OX2 9LB
Received 30 Sept 2024Cleave Cottage, The Cleave, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EL
Received 6 Sept 2024Youlbury, Lawson Lane, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RX
Received 17 Nov 20252 Rawlinson Close, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3GS
Received 26 Aug 2025Phase 1Pa, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 17 Jul 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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