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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.
8,868 approved · 825 refused · 935 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Dec 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18A Boxhill Walk Abingdon OX14 1HB
Received 20 May 202620-22 Tudor House, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NJ
Received 18 Nov 2024Land East of Kingston Bagpuize
Received 16 Dec 202557 Hamfield, Wantage, OX12 9EQ
Received 19 May 2023Kingswell Hotel And Restaurant, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LZ
Received 28 Jul 202579 Foxborough Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AE
Received 5 Dec 2018Blake's Kitchen Coleshill, Buscot and Coleshill Estates, Coleshill, SN6 7PT
Received 16 Apr 2024RM1b - Phase 1, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 31 Mar 2025Manor Farm, Mill Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NZ
Received 30 Nov 202232 Chapel Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AN
Received 9 May 2025Corner House Garage, 1 Whitecross, Wootton, ABINGDON, OX13 6BS
Received 20 Mar 2018Abingdon Baptist Scout Group, 35 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AG
Received 21 Dec 202119 Campion Road, Abingdon, OX14 3TQ
Received 7 Dec 2018Tech Foundry 1a Curie Avenue Harwell Oxford Didcot OX11 0QQ
Received 29 Sept 2026Field View, Canal Farm Lane, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9YQ
Received 27 Sept 202387 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HF
Received 29 Mar 2019Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 13 May 2022Eidsvoll, Bedwells Heath, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JE
Received 17 Sept 202120, Buscot, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8BZ
Received 8 Jun 2021Abingdon School, Park Lodge, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 1 Aug 202551 Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AG
Received 27 Nov 2018Winterbrook House, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EY
Received 13 Feb 2023Pewit Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8LY
Received 5 Jan 2022Northwest of Premier Inn & South of A4130, East of Milton Interchange Roundabout
Received 11 Jun 2025Records 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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