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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.
4,935 approved · 521 refused · 528 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land adjacent to Fernham Gate, Faringdon
Received 13 Sept 202413 Fernham Gate, Faringdon, SN7 7LR
Received 9 May 2025Memorial Hall, Section Of A420 Running Through Buckland, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QT
Received 21 Jun 2022The Old Post Office, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UE
Received 25 Nov 2024Springwood, 19 Hids Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 27 Jan 2026Haugh House, Church Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DX
Received 29 Mar 202629 Upthorpe Drive, Wantage, OX12 7DF
Received 20 Mar 202692 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LP
Received 25 Jul 202411 Crabtree Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HS
Received 6 Jun 202436 Kimmeridge Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9RF
Received 4 Jul 2023Waste Court, 76 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 1EB
Received 23 Jun 2023Primrose Villa, Road Running South From Charney Bassett, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EN
Received 13 Mar 202313 Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 14 Nov 202533, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 22 Jun 2023Land at Honeybottom Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon
Received 20 Oct 2025Ardmere, Bedwells Heath, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JE
Received 11 Oct 2023Kingswell Hotel, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LZ
Received 21 Mar 2024Field to the north north west of Buckland Rd, Charney Bassett, Oxon, OX12 0ES
Received 26 Apr 202356 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JZ
Received 30 Jul 2025Mission Hall, Main Street, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9SN
Received 21 May 2025White Horse Stables, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 5 Feb 2024Common Barn Farm, Garford, Abingdon, OX13 5PA
Received 19 Nov 2024Farmoor Stores, Cumnor Road, Farmoor, OX2 9NN
Received 16 Oct 2023White Hart Wood, Frilford Heath, Abingdon
Received 13 Dec 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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