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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.
8,242 approved · 798 refused · 896 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Causeway Farmhouse, 126 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SQ
Received 17 Jul 202429 Heather Road, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EX
Received 8 Mar 2021Church of St Mary, Church Street, Upton
Received 17 Dec 201896 Spring Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AX
Received 6 Jul 2021Bayliss House, The Cleave, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EL
Received 23 Oct 2025Red Lion, Chapel Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PQ
Received 18 May 202522-26 The Clock House, Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 17 Jul 2023King Alfred School East, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8ET
Received 17 Jul 2018Sparsholt House, Sparsholt Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 20 May 2021Old Wharf House, Majors Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TR
Received 27 Oct 202313 The Farthings, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6QD
Received 14 Oct 2024Barton Mill, Unit B, Audlett Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3NJ
Received 28 Jun 2022Trinity House Foxcombe Road Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5DL
Received 24 Aug 2026Youlbury Lawson Lane Chilton Didcot OX11 0RX
Received 27 Apr 2026Land between A34 Milton Interchange, and B4015 north of Clifton Hampden
Received 13 Jan 202698 Caldecott Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HD
Received 23 Jan 2026Manor Farm Barn, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QX
Received 16 Dec 202550 Francis Little Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5PN
Received 25 May 2021North Abingdon, Land North of Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 5 Apr 2023Old Telephone Exchange Site, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 23 Dec 20215 Newlands Drive, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NY
Received 31 Mar 202165 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LN
Received 27 Nov 2024Pound Cottage, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QL
Received 18 Oct 2023Units 9-12, 127 North Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SA
Received 23 Sept 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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