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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.
6,239 approved · 628 refused · 707 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
O K A, Purchas Road, Didcot, OX11 7BF
Received 18 Mar 2026Church Of The Holy Ascension, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 8 Nov 2022Milton Heights, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4DR
Received 30 Jul 2025Dove Cottage, Stonehill, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4AA
Received 21 Aug 2025Ridgeway, Bessels Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NT
Received 18 Jun 2024Allins Barn, Allins Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JR
Received 31 Oct 202325 Cottongrass Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6GF
Received 5 Aug 2022White Hart Inn, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 30 Jul 2025Cothill House School, Cothill, Abingdon, OX13 6JL
Received 17 May 2023Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 8 Sept 2025Milton Cable and Wireless Tower, Milton Park, OX14 4RZ
Received 27 Mar 2024North Hinksey
Received 19 Jun 2024Corfe Cottage, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QQ
Received 11 Feb 2022Ash Tree Farm Faringdon Road Cumnor Oxford OX2 9QX
Received 10 Aug 202646 Lime Road, Oxford, OX2 9EG
Received 19 Aug 2024Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon
Received 23 May 2022The Church Cottage, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 3 Jan 2024The Yews, Main Street, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RZ
Received 20 Jun 2022Land adjacent to Building 220, Eleventh Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0TA
Received 17 Jan 2024Fieldside Farm, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 11 Sept 20258 Broad Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RA
Received 12 Nov 2025South Springs, Stream Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JG
Received 2 Mar 2023Blewbury Riding And Training Centre, Bessels Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NH
Received 25 Jun 20243 Whitehorns Way, Drayton, OX14 4LL
Received 22 Jun 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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