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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.
6,581 approved · 651 refused · 743 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SW Eynsham Road, Eynsham Road, Oxford, OX2 9BY
Received 9 Apr 202520 Swinburne Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HD
Received 29 Nov 2021103 Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PR
Received 27 Oct 202316 Poplar Road, Oxford, OX2 9LB
Received 2 Feb 2024Land Adjacent to Fairview Cottage, Haremore Farm, Faringdon, SN7 8PN
Received 16 May 2022Kernanderry, Faringdon Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 6QJ
Received 20 Jan 2023Land at Crab Hill (Phase 7), Wantage
Received 29 Aug 202489 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LA
Received 27 Mar 20244 Glebe Gardens, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LX
Received 4 Mar 2022Quarry House, Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7QA
Received 31 May 202428 Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8BH
Received 5 Apr 2023117 The Avenue, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QZ
Received 16 Nov 202356 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JZ
Received 27 Mar 2025Trefagus, Chapel Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PQ
Received 7 May 20251 Leas Lane, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6FT
Received 8 May 202517A Garford Close, Abingdon, OX14 2BY
Received 17 Jul 2024Land North East of the Longhouse, Fyfield Wick, Abingdon, OX13 5ND
Received 24 Jul 2023Land to the west of Great Western Park (Valley Park)
Received 28 Oct 202428 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JL
Received 15 Sept 20221 Kensington Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 5QQ
Received 17 Sept 2025Phase 1 (Valley Park), Land to the west of Great Western Park, Didcot
Received 17 Apr 2024Valley Park, DIDCOT
Received 3 Jun 2025Land between 15-17 Withington Court, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3QA
Received 18 Feb 2026Land at Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PP
Received 12 Nov 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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