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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.
6,731 approved · 664 refused · 757 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Land to west of the A338 and north of East Hanney, East Hanney
Received 15 Dec 2025Castell, Stream Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JG
Received 12 Aug 2024Albert Park, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DG
Received 8 Jun 2021Land to the North of Challow Road, Wantage
Received 24 Nov 2021Barnetts, Ford Lane, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NS
Received 11 Apr 2023Zeus Building, South of Thomson Av & East of 8th Street, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QG
Received 16 Jan 2023Manor Farm, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 6 Nov 2024Land north of Copenhagen Drive, Abingdon, OX14 1RF
Received 3 Feb 2026Hinton Manor, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8SA
Received 21 Jul 20238 Mayotts Road, Abingdon, OX14 5DJ
Received 6 Sept 2021Pusey Furze House, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8PY
Received 31 May 2023Manor Farm House, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RX
Received 20 Feb 2025The Lintols, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 28 May 2024A34 and A4183 Lodge Hill Interchange, north of Abingdon
Received 21 May 2026Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, North of Thomson Avenue, Didcot, OX11 0QG
Received 28 Jul 2022Causeway Farmhouse, 126 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SQ
Received 9 Mar 2026New Barn, Stanton Road, Oxford, OX2 9AY
Received 3 Nov 2022Phase 4 Land at Crab Hill, Land North of A417 and East of A33, Wantage
Received 28 Feb 2022Garden House, Milton Hill, Steventon, OX13 6AF
Received 5 Sept 2025Sutton Courtenay Village Green, The Green, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4AE
Received 23 Jan 2024Locks Lane Ford adjacent to Mill House, 9 Locks Lane, Wantage, OX12 9EH
Received 25 Feb 2026Monks Farm, Townsend, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 10 May 202219 Caldecott Close Abingdon OX14 5HA
Received 29 Jun 2026Box Tree Cottage, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7NB
Received 24 Apr 2024Records 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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