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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.
8,535 approved · 811 refused · 912 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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2A Stocks Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SG
Received 5 Jun 20183 White House Close, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LP
Received 20 Jan 2026172 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AE
Received 27 Apr 202191 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LA
Received 23 Mar 202322 Radley Road Abingdon OX14 3PQ
Received 20 May 2026Raven, Wilsham Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HP
Received 15 Aug 2018Verge in front of 11-21 Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DA
Received 23 May 2025North Abingdon, Land North of Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon, Abingdon
Received 5 Apr 2023108 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HY
Received 26 May 2021Southview Cottage 9 Little Lane, The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SH
Received 17 May 2021Deans Farm, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 1 Jun 2021Various sites, Sutton Courtenay
Received 19 Oct 2023The Malthouse, 60 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 27 Jun 20247 Fitzwaryn Place, Wantage, OX12 9GJ
Received 24 May 2021Herbert Smith, Land to rear of Warren House, East Hanney, Oxfordshire, OX12 0HP
Received 18 Aug 2023Dairy Farm, Duxford, Faringdon, SN7 8SQ
Received 28 Aug 2018Gilbourns Farmhouse 155 Drayton Road Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4HA
Received 26 May 2026Sunningwell Cricket Club Sunningwell Abingdon OX13 6RD
Received 14 May 202612 Colne Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NN
Received 31 Jul 201812 Coates Close, Wantage, OX12 8GH
Received 15 Mar 2026Cross Trees, 1 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AD
Received 31 Aug 2022The Lion, High Street, Culham, Abingdon, OX14 4NA
Received 14 May 2018Look West, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EU
Received 27 Sept 2023Lantern Cottage, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PX
Received 25 Sept 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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