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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,453 approved · 643 refused · 735 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1A St Marys Green, Abingdon, OX14 1HJ
Received 29 May 202418 Elderfield Crescent, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RY
Received 6 Feb 20262 North Cottages, Fyfield Wick, Abingdon, OX13 5ND
Received 16 Oct 20255, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19 & 23 Park Avenue, 1, 9 & 14 Medlar Road, 2 & 3 Lake Road, 5 Beckett Avenue, Shrivenham
Received 2 Feb 2024West Way, LCT of N Hinksey Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0JH
Received 15 Jun 20235 Yew Tree Court, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon, OX13 5PQ
Received 16 Sept 2022Gibbons Cottage, Broad Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RA
Received 4 Mar 2024Foxwood, Fox Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DR
Received 9 Jan 202464 Crosslands Drive, Abingdon, OX14 1JU
Received 26 May 20214 Century Close, Faringdon, SN7 7YS
Received 8 Jun 2022Land to the east off the A338, and North of Dandridge Close, East Hanney
Received 21 Dec 2021Land to the west of the A338 and the north of East Hanney
Received 22 Dec 20258 Buchan Place Kingston Bagpuize Abingdon OX13 5GE
Received 29 Jun 202617 Coxwell Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7EB
Received 13 Mar 2026Woodlands Granary, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9NG
Received 17 Mar 202515A High Street Ardington Wantage OX12 8PS
Received 11 Sept 2026The Crown, 1 Packhorse Lane, Marcham, OX13 6NT
Received 13 Feb 20247 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PT
Received 6 Oct 2025Manor Farm, Warborough Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LD
Received 25 Oct 2021Church Of St Mary, Section Of A420 Running Through Buckland, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QR
Received 21 Jun 202216 Beech Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9EE
Received 6 Feb 2026St Amand's House, Church Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LA
Received 12 May 2023Fernbank, Letcombe Hill, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RP
Received 6 Apr 202225 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NJ
Received 6 Oct 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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