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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.
9,091 approved · 850 refused · 966 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Westlands, Idstone Road, Ashbury, SN6 8LP
Received 12 Apr 201846 Peachcroft Road, ABINGDON, OX14 2NA
Received 10 Nov 20171 Coulings Close, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JQ
Received 5 Oct 2018Greenfield House, Bow Road, Stanford in the Vale, Oxon, SN7 8JB
Received 7 Jan 2019Wych End, The Spinney, East Hendred, Oxon, OX12 8LS
Received 9 Oct 2017101 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 1EG
Received 18 Feb 2021Land at Monks Farm, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 21 Oct 20241 Walnut Way, Drayton, ABINGDON, OX14 4FY
Received 18 Mar 202629 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9EY
Received 2 May 202388 Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6JQ
Received 18 Jan 202482 Honeybottom Lane, Dry Sandford, Oxford, OX13 6BX
Received 27 Mar 201912A Kings Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EJ
Received 11 Jan 20218 West Street, Sparsholt, WANTAGE, OX12 9PR
Received 9 Oct 2017Land North West of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Received 3 Mar 202652 Berry Croft, Abingdon, OX14 1JN
Received 15 Mar 2019Stratton Lodge, 52 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QH
Received 23 Jan 20243 Sandford Lane, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RW
Received 4 Sept 2025Land East of Milton Hill, Abingdon
Received 17 May 2022Rose Terrace, Barn Close, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DY
Received 19 Nov 2025Land and Premises at Denchworth Road, (including 1 & 2 Lydbrook Cottages), West Hanney
Received 23 Dec 2025Bellinger's Garage, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0DH
Received 18 Oct 201853 Parsons Mead, Abingdon, OX14 1LW
Received 16 Mar 2021Park Lodge, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 13 Mar 2019Lavender Walk (Phase 2Tc), Valley Park, Didcot
Received 19 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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