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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.
9,178 approved · 855 refused · 977 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Manor Barn, Eaton Road, Appleton, Oxon, OX13 5JR
Received 14 Apr 2021North Lodge Offices, North Hinksey Lane, Oxfordshire, OX2 0JN
Received 7 Jul 2025Land at Fallowfields Hotel, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BH
Received 5 Jul 201829 St Peters Road, Abingdon, OX14 3SJ
Received 21 Jan 2019155 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 28 Nov 20226 Sutton Road, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4ET
Received 15 Feb 2022Hill House, Hamels Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DJ
Received 17 Jun 2021Wick Hall, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3NF
Received 6 Aug 2024National Trust Estate Yard, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PT
Received 4 Nov 2021Faringdon Quarry, Sandshill, Faringdon, SN7 7GX
Received 23 Nov 202119 Diamond Way, Chilton, DIDCOT, OX11 0TT
Received 24 Nov 2017Cleave Cottage, The Cleave, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EL
Received 24 Jun 202414-16 The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6RP
Received 6 Jul 202313 Damson Trees, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BB
Received 21 Sept 202268 Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JJ
Received 9 Aug 202443 Stockey End, Abingdon, OX14 2NF
Received 19 Feb 2021Abingdon Science Park, Monarch House, Barton Lane, Abingdon, OX14 3NB
Received 5 Sept 202218 The Garth, Oxford, OX2 9AL
Received 19 Mar 2026Thrupp Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3NG
Received 1 Jul 20212 Hawkins Way, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6LB
Received 31 Jan 2022146 South Avenue, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1QY
Received 21 Nov 2017Land at North Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Oxon, SN6 8BH
Received 11 May 2021Tennis Courts, Badswell Lane, Appleton, Abingdon
Received 19 Aug 2026The Courtyard, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AG
Received 2 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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