Planning decisions in Vale Of White Horse

How long Vale Of White Horse takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 2,079 decisions it made in the twelve months to September 2026. Days run from validation to decision, the clock the council reports against; the wait from receipt is shown beside it. How the figures are made.

54 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 57 from receipt
62%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 84% within thirteen
95%approved (UK 90%): 1,772 approved, 97 refused, 88 withdrawn
202 of 388UK rank for speed, down 190 places on last year; 89 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 55 days, 160 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 53 days, 166 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 53 days, 170 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 52 days, 205 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 56 days, 166 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 55 days, 229 decisionsMarApril 2026: 51 days, 97 decisionsAprMay 2026: 71 days, 160 decisionsMayJune 2026: 69 days, 165 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 70 days, 167 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 59 days, 176 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 69 days, 218 decisionsSept
Median days from validation to decision, by month of decision. Dashed line: UK median (54 days). Grid at 56 and 91 days, the eight and thirteen week targets.

By kind of application

KindMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisionsUK rank
Householder applications6046%98%428164 of 200
Discharge of conditions5062%92%398122 of 310
Tree works1699%over 99%36915 of 324
Full applications8630%91%195324 of 359
Amendments5656%91%159290 of 356
Listed building consent6642%99%127201 of 307
Prior approvals2390%94%12538 of 340
Lawful development certificates5563%88%116252 of 348
Other5661%93%9326 of 35
Advertisement consent5556%96%26178 of 320
Outline applications *8020%60%1376 of 111

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers99%5694%1,649
Planning committee1%172100%10

Where the register states how the decision was made. 420 decisions did not say.

Appeals

35 appeals against Vale Of White Horse decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 36 for every 100 refusals; 20% were allowed. Every appeal in Vale Of White Horse.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *5655%100%39
2017 *2784%96%52
2018 *2196%96%48
2019 *6046%96%49
2020 *6534%97%38
2021 *5560%89%230
2022 *2876%95%41
2023 *2399%97%69
2024 *5563%93%31
2025 *1698%100%53
2026 so far6046%95%1,583

* Years from our archive, which carries no validation date: timed from receipt, so a few days longer than the live years above them.

Past their target date now

Decided in the last three weeks

Built nightly from Vale Of White Horse's planning register. Ranks are among the 388 published councils. See planning applications in Vale Of White Horse, appeals, or get alerts for Vale Of White Horse.

About these figures

How are decision times measured?
Days from the date the council validated the application to the date it decided it, for applications approved or refused in the window. That is the clock councils report against and the official statistics use. Each council’s page also shows the count from receipt, which is what the applicant actually waited. Withdrawn and undecided applications are not timed.
Why do these figures differ from the council’s own?
Councils count an agreed extension of time as decided on time; we treat the calendar as the calendar. Our figures are also live and rolling, where official statistics are quarterly and annual. So a council’s own within-eight-weeks figure will usually sit a little above ours.
What counts as approved?
Approval rate is approvals divided by approvals plus refusals. Withdrawals, and decisions whose outcome the register does not state, are counted in the totals but not in the rate.
Why is a council missing?
A council is published when it has at least 25 timed decisions in the window and its register’s decision data passes our consistency checks. Councils that fail are listed with the reason rather than shown with a number that would mislead.
How often is this updated?
Nightly, from the decisions we collect from every council register we monitor. The window is the twelve months to the last complete month.