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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.
6,643 approved · 654 refused · 751 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Delawarr Court, 45A Raleigh Park Road, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 9AR
Received 27 Jul 2023The Manor, 68 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JR
Received 22 Jun 2023Former Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 16 Aug 202314 The Park, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HB
Received 23 Feb 2022Pinewood School, Road Running Through Bourton To Hinton Marsh Farm, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HZ
Received 16 Jan 202616 Orchard Close, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EP
Received 1 Aug 2025Land at Valley Park (RM2, Phase 2a) Didcot
Received 8 May 2026Land to the North West of Radley, Radley
Received 21 Jun 20225 Bowes House, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8AL
Received 15 Feb 2023Elms Farm, Oxford Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PD
Received 8 Aug 2025Pull Croft, 53 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AT
Received 27 Nov 20248 Westfield, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LG
Received 14 May 2021Phase 6T - Infrastructure (RM2a), Land at Valley Park, Didcot
Received 24 Apr 202525 The Croft, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0ED
Received 20 Oct 2021Kings Farm House, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 5 Oct 2023Willow House, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PF
Received 5 Feb 2026The Mead, Ham Road, Wantage, OX12 9EE
Received 9 Aug 202241 & 42 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AW
Received 21 Aug 202529 Bostock Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DP
Received 27 Feb 20255 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AL
Received 3 Oct 2023Phase 2Tb (Dahlia View), Didcot
Received 31 Mar 202516 West Way Square Oxford OX2 9TJ
Received 19 Aug 202629 St Amand Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5RG
Received 11 Jul 2024Lane End, 2 Hinksey Hill, OXFORD, OX1 5BQ
Received 31 Mar 2026Records 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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