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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.
6,237 approved · 627 refused · 706 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Holly Tree House, Park Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JT
Received 5 Jul 2022The Old School House, Church Road, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8SE
Received 22 Jul 2021The Orchard, High Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JE
Received 30 Apr 2024Land to the south of Curie Avenue and west of Eighth Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 24 May 2024Millbrook Cottage, Berry Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QJ
Received 5 Feb 2025Rose Cottage, Morlands, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 20 Sept 2022Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 23 Apr 2025Ladygrove Cottage, Drayton Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HU
Received 29 Nov 20235 Brook Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AH
Received 6 Dec 2022Courtenay Pitts, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AG
Received 3 Apr 202324 Upper Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HY
Received 21 Oct 2024Spanswick Farm House, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9LR
Received 10 May 2022Brooklands Woodlands (and land to rear of), Newbury Street, Wantage, Oxon
Received 27 Sept 2023Foxhill House, Bessels Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NJ
Received 24 Jun 202162 Sherwood Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 3NA
Received 7 May 2025Three Hills Land, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 26 Aug 20227 Harcourt Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1NU
Received 17 Mar 2023Grove Business Park
Received 17 Jul 20238 St Michaels, Priory Road, Wantage, OX12 9DE
Received 4 Jul 2023Manor Cottage, Park Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JU
Received 26 Sept 2025Bepo, Land to the west of Thompson Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 18 Oct 2021Old Manor House, 20 North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0LX
Received 19 Aug 2021Springfields, Faringdon Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BD
Received 12 Oct 2022Elm Close, Old Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JJ
Received 15 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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