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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.
9,051 approved · 848 refused · 960 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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174 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BT
Received 23 Jul 202522 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 5EB
Received 10 May 2024Junction of Fairacres & Nuffield Way Abingdon OX14 1TP
Received 1 Apr 2026Yard adjacent to Coffin Way with driveway servicing Street's, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, OX11 9QB
Received 8 May 20253 Kings Farm Cottages, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 21 Mar 2018Former Seven Acres Nursery Site, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 30 Jan 2023Upton Methodist Church, Station Road, Upton, Oxfordshire, OX11 9HX
Received 31 Jan 20181 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6DY
Received 8 Dec 202116 Arnolds Way, OXFORD, OX2 9JB
Received 22 Dec 2017Old Turnpike Cottage, Lodge Hill, Abingdon, OX14 2JA
Received 14 Mar 2024Winslow Hall, Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DJ
Received 31 Jul 201838 Wick Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AS
Received 31 Jul 202457 Norman Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2HL
Received 13 Oct 2023139 Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4HA
Received 27 Mar 2019Fox Inn, Fox Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DR
Received 30 May 2023The Palings, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DR
Received 9 Jan 20237 Sandleigh Road, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6DP
Received 13 Dec 2024Gallery House, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NJ
Received 6 Nov 2025Cutts End Cottage, Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 5 Aug 2025Goslings, 3 Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AJ
Received 29 Nov 201829 Colley Wood, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NF
Received 27 Apr 20211 Wheelwright Court, Buckland, Oxon, SN7 8QA
Received 29 Apr 2022Embryo Angling Habitats, Baulking Lane, Baulking, SN7 8NR
Received 1 Sept 20239 Abingdon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JB
Received 5 Mar 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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