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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.
8,509 approved · 810 refused · 908 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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10 Beverley Road, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8DJ
Received 2 Jan 2024The Health Centre, Mably Way, Wantage, OX12 9BN
Received 23 Feb 2023Land off School Road, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LA
Received 18 Jun 2018The Coach House, 6 Abingdon Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4NF
Received 19 Mar 2018Land to the rear of 10 Halls Close, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LU
Received 5 Jul 2018Glebe House High Street Childrey Wantage OX12 9UA
Received 20 May 20267-9, High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BB
Received 11 May 202222 Curtyn Close, Abingdon, OX14 1SE
Received 2 Apr 2021Phase 4 Land at Crab Hill, Land North of A417 and East of A33, Wantage
Received 29 Jan 2021Phase 1T (Primrose Gardens), Valley Park, Didcot
Received 10 Mar 2026Symes Cottage, Broad Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RA
Received 11 Mar 2022The Old Rectory, Childrey, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9UP
Received 5 Jul 2022North Abingdon, Land North of Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 18 Apr 2023Land north of Copenhagen Drive - Care Home Phase, Abingdon, OX14 1RF
Received 30 Jan 2026First Floor, 7-9, Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AU
Received 22 Mar 2018Nestleby, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DP
Received 1 Nov 202227 Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4FB
Received 5 Aug 20214 Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DF
Received 27 Jul 202184 Kennington Road Kennington Oxford OX1 5PE
Received 18 May 2026The Police House, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8QN
Received 26 Feb 2021The Snooty Mehmaan, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8PW
Received 10 Sept 201826 Market Place, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7HU
Received 20 Apr 202110 Blenheim Orchard, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JA
Received 26 May 2022Land to the West of |Great Western Park (Valley Park), Phases 3Pa & 3Pb
Received 2 Feb 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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