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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.
4,793 approved · 506 refused · 511 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Jun 2022 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lamb and Flag House, Faringdon Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HN
Received 26 Jun 2024W And G Industrial Estate, Unit 9 Faringdon Road East Challow OX12 9TF
Received 8 Jun 202637 Mons Way, Abingdon, OX14 1NJ
Received 25 Jan 2023Dandridge Close, East Hanney, Oxon, OX12 0FH
Received 9 Nov 2022Mill Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NP
Received 15 Jul 2025Field Cottage, Westcot, Westcot, Wantage, OX12 9QB
Received 8 Jul 20255 Picklers Hill, Abingdon, OX14 2BA
Received 2 Oct 2024Central Area, Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 21 Jun 20229 Appleford Drive, Abingdon, OX14 2DB
Received 12 Apr 202351 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 1EA
Received 4 Jul 2025Land west of Childrey off B4507
Received 18 Apr 2023Watts Lane Paddock, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9PS
Received 11 Dec 2024Dolphin House, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UE
Received 16 May 2024Hachette Uk Distribution Hely Hutchinson Centre Plot A, Signia Park Milton Road Didcot OX11 7HH
Received 1 Sept 202623 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BB
Received 28 Nov 2025Hachette Uk Distribution Centre, Milton Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX11 7HH
Received 25 Sept 202466 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QP
Received 20 Jul 2022Peach Cottage, The Green, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NT
Received 25 Jan 2024Land to East of Volunteer Way, Faringdon, SN7 7YU
Received 4 Mar 202466 The Glebe, Cumnor, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9QB
Received 21 Jul 2025Cromwell House, 41 High Street, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NQ
Received 17 Feb 202540 Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DS
Received 11 Aug 2022Didcot Extra Care, Greenwood Way, Didcot, OX11 6GD
Received 29 Jul 2025The Dairy, Chilswell Farm, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EP
Received 5 Sept 2022Records 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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