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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.
8,982 approved · 836 refused · 947 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Westbrook House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 25 Jun 202617 Elderfield Crescent, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RY
Received 6 Feb 2018Shearbarn Cottage, Pound Lane, Upton, Didcot
Received 26 Oct 2018Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 5 Sept 2018Cemex Former Sutton Wick Landfill, South of Bassett Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4HB
Received 6 Sept 2023Kings Lane, Longcot, FARINGDON, SN7 7SS
Received 20 Dec 2017Old Magistrates Court, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 10 Dec 20183 Appleton Road Cumnor Oxford OX2 9QH
Received 20 Apr 20261 Roman Fields, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0UF
Received 8 Jan 2024The Old Rectory, Rectory Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DZ
Received 2 Oct 202326 Turnpike Road Oxford OX2 9JQ
Received 13 Aug 2026Charnwood, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BD
Received 11 Jun 2018Hind Cross, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NG
Received 9 Feb 2023Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, OX2 9LP
Received 11 Jan 202313 New Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AP
Received 13 Aug 2025The Poplars, Drayton Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 5HU
Received 21 Dec 201835 The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RR
Received 3 May 20185 Worcester Place, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5NG
Received 25 Apr 2025Bridge House, Thames View, Abingdon, OX14 3UJ
Received 25 Jan 202144 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 14 Jun 2022Sutton Courtenay Landfill Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon
Received 20 Oct 2021Phase 2Tc (Lavender Walk), Land to the west of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Valley Park
Received 16 Apr 2025Dunraven House, 32 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 25 Mar 2019St Giles Cottage, High Street, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8RN
Received 18 Apr 2018Records 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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