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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.
6,162 approved · 624 refused · 697 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Presbytery Buckland Faringdon SN7 8QW
Received 25 Jun 2026The Cottage, Hanney Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HT
Received 14 Sept 2021Phase 3Pa and 3Pb, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 15 Dec 20257 Frax Close, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AZ
Received 20 Aug 2025Trinity House, Conduit Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DB
Received 1 May 2024Ashbrook House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 14 Feb 202415 Gloucester Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JA
Received 16 Mar 2023Park End Barn, Radley College, Radley, OX14 2HR
Received 20 Jul 2022Worsall Farm Coleshill Swindon SN6 7PS
Received 18 Jun 2026The Cedars, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LU
Received 16 Jun 2023Millenium Green Site Sutton Wick Lane Drayton Abingdon
Received 13 Aug 202665 Hendred Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2AW
Received 4 Dec 2023October House, 64 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JR
Received 9 Sept 20257 Greenwood Grove, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6FR
Received 18 Feb 202653 Welford Gardens, Abingdon, OX14 2BH
Received 21 Jul 2022Plot 4, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon, OX14 1DZ
Received 23 Feb 202632, 34 & 36 Priory Road, Wantage, OX12 9DD
Received 29 Apr 2024Pond Farm, Netherton Road, Appleton, OX13 5JX
Received 19 Feb 202417A Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DF
Received 9 Oct 2024The Cott, Gramps Hill, Wantage, OX12 9LR
Received 20 Dec 20212 Norwood Avenue, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5AD
Received 18 Jul 2025Tesco, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TU
Received 11 Apr 2023Mill Farm, Faringdon Road, Faringdon, SN7 8NP
Received 9 Feb 2024First Light, 1A Windmill Place, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RT
Received 18 Aug 2023Records 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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