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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.
7,295 approved · 718 refused · 825 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Nov 2018 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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2 White House Farm Cottage, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8LX
Received 26 Jan 2022Thrupp Lane, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3NG
Received 8 Sept 2021OS 46 Stonhouse Crescent, OS 17 Stonhouse Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AG
Received 9 Apr 2024Land to the north west of Radley, Radley
Received 23 Aug 2021Land at Wattle Cottage Farm, Prospect Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9HT
Received 17 Dec 2025Phase A3 & A4, Signia Park, Didcot
Received 24 May 202218 Bridge Street Abingdon OX14 3HS
Received 2 Jun 2026The Old Rectory, Rectory Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DZ
Received 20 Dec 2022Spring Gardens Cemetery, Spring Gardens, Abingdon, OX14 1AZ
Received 8 Aug 20253 Barrow Close, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6TY
Received 5 Jul 2021Perry's Road Stanford in the Vale
Received 21 Sept 2026Downs Cottage, Fernham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TG
Received 8 Feb 2021Ashbrook House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 2 Jan 20191 Challow Marsh Cottages, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 0ED
Received 10 Feb 2022Christmas Cottage, 22 Gozzards Ford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6JH
Received 20 Jul 2021Rose Cottage, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 26 Mar 202419 Parklands, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5PN
Received 9 Jan 202393 Park Drrive, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RY
Received 3 May 2024Land to the West of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 9 May 2025Former Grove Airfield, Newlands Drive, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NY
Received 27 Jun 2025Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon OX14 1DE
Received 23 Sept 2026Sarsen House, Ham Road, Wantage, OX12 9EE
Received 15 Jun 2023Land North of Dunmore Road & Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 22 Apr 2025Manor Farm, Church Lane, Steventon, OX13 6SN
Received 1 Feb 2023Records 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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