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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.
6,622 approved · 653 refused · 746 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Milton Park Estate, Oxfordshire
Received 30 Jul 2021Melfort Hamels Lane Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5DJ
Received 14 Jul 2026Radley College Shop, Radley College, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HR
Received 12 Apr 2021The Coach House, Abingdon Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NF
Received 6 Jul 202149 Bath Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1EA
Received 2 May 2023Mockbeggars House, Church End, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QQ
Received 6 Oct 2022Beckett Cottage, 25 Park Avenue, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8HD
Received 18 Sept 20252 Bellamy Close, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5AB
Received 18 May 202124-28 (even) 50-58 (even) Barnett Road and, 1-11 (odd) 15-19 (odd) and 25 Fuller Way, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13
Received 4 May 2023Springhill, Springhill, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HL
Received 15 Aug 202310 Limetrees, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0HW
Received 15 Jun 2021Kingston Hill Farm, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HY
Received 16 Apr 2025Land North of Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 29 Mar 2023Bay Tree House, The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 2 Dec 2021Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 13 Jan 2026Lime Tree Farm, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SP
Received 7 Mar 202531 Old Lodge, Henleys Lane, Drayton, Oxon, OX14 4HU
Received 1 Jul 2022North Star, 2 Stocks Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SG
Received 15 Oct 2025Didcot Valley Park Trunk Main
Received 12 Mar 20269 Wick Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AS
Received 6 Oct 2025Rumseys Barn, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PB
Received 15 Mar 2022Stanford in the Vale Primary School, High Street, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LH
Received 19 Jan 202654 Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PQ
Received 13 Apr 202111 Barrington Road, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8SU
Received 6 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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