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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.
6,146 approved · 622 refused · 696 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thatcher Cottage, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 9PY
Received 13 Nov 20251 Dunstead Lane Wytham Oxford OX2 8QL
Received 2 Sept 20268 High Street Abingdon OX14 5DZ
Received 4 Jun 202663 The Motte, Abingdon, OX14 3NZ
Received 23 Feb 2022Mille Fleurs, Main Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JP
Received 7 Sept 2021Spur Tree, Bessels Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NN
Received 23 Dec 2021Alfredian Park, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8DW
Received 17 Oct 202340 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BP
Received 24 Apr 2023Land at North Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenahm, SN6 8BH
Received 3 Dec 2021Lester Cottage, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 29 Nov 20244 Chapel Lane, Ashbury, Oxon, SN6 8LS
Received 27 Jul 2021Winterbrook House High Street Harwell Didcot OX11 0EY
Received 14 Sept 2026Blackthorn Lodge, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JF
Received 31 Mar 2025Stable Cottage, High Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RP
Received 9 Nov 2021Curtis Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 3TT
Received 26 Aug 202133 Saxton Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5JD
Received 14 Oct 202219 Babylock Hythe Road, Eaton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5PR
Received 10 Mar 202261 Crafts End, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0SB
Received 18 Aug 2023George House, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 21 Oct 2025Wootton Way, Berkeley Road, Oxford, OX1 5ET
Received 23 Dec 2025Westwood Country Hotel, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BG
Received 28 Nov 202250 Steventon Road Drayton Abingdon OX14 4LD
Received 11 Sept 202618 Rookery Close, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LY
Received 23 Feb 20236 Ampthill Way, Faringdon, SN7 7LE
Received 14 May 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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