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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.
5,651 approved · 580 refused · 631 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Nov 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Bridge Farm, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8JY
Received 24 Sept 2024Golden Acres, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5BQ
Received 28 Jun 20245 Maple Road, Faringdon, SN7 8BD
Received 23 Mar 2022Former Site Of The Warehouse, Ferndale Street, Faringdon, SN7 7BE
Received 5 Sept 2025The Picked Mead, Hanney Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AP
Received 16 Aug 2023JNC Cholswelll Road, Cherry Tree Drive, Abingdon, OX13 6EP
Received 11 Sept 2023The Old School House High Street Stanford In The Vale Faringdon SN7 8LH
Received 10 Jul 2026Winterbourne, Stream Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JG
Received 19 Jul 2022Wootton Business Park, Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6FD
Received 19 Mar 202612 Larch Close, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5DD
Received 27 Sept 2022Heatherstone, The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 15 Jan 2024Little Acre, Hanney Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HT
Received 14 Nov 2025Land at Crab Hill, Land North of A417, Wantage, OX12 7EE
Received 4 Jul 2022Westfield House, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8PN
Received 18 Dec 20232 Keats Drive, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6FA
Received 19 Apr 2022The Old Pound, 3 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JL
Received 3 Oct 2023Land off Oxford Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AP
Received 2 Nov 2021Stanford Primary School, High Street, Stanford In The Vale, SN7 8LH
Received 30 Jun 2025Jacksbyre Cowleaze Farm, Claypit Lane, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QS
Received 22 Jul 2025Zulu Farmhouse, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DN
Received 30 Nov 20233 Cornmarket, Faringdon, SN7 7HG
Received 21 Dec 202141 Stockham Way, Wantage, OX12 9BH
Received 8 Feb 2023The Manor, 68 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JR
Received 23 Sept 2022Bagley Wood, Oxford Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NE
Received 12 Mar 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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