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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.
4,938 approved · 522 refused · 530 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Kiln Close, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8FJ
Received 13 Dec 20228 Main Road, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PG
Received 26 Sept 2025Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 20 Sept 2024Littleton Lodge Belmont, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9AS
Received 20 Jun 2025Harwell Science And Innovation Campus, Diamond House Road Thirteen, Didcot, OX11 0DE
Received 23 Mar 2026Overboars, Lamborough Hill, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BY
Received 27 Nov 2025Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Street, Wantage
Received 24 Mar 202537 North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 23 Jul 2024Land south of Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EY
Received 9 Aug 2023Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 6 Jun 202210 Church Close, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TN
Received 22 Sept 2023Nalder House Apartment A to F Claypit Lane East Challow Wantage OX12 9WF
Received 14 Jul 2026Goose Willow Farm Hanney Road Steventon Abingdon OX13 6AP
Received 6 Aug 202641 The Motte, Abingdon, OX14 3NZ
Received 6 Mar 2024Corfe Cottage, Abingdon Road, Tubney, OX13 5QL
Received 3 Feb 2025The Studio, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PG
Received 30 Sept 202541 Bagley Close, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LS
Received 17 Apr 2025Block T, Shrivenham 100 Business Park, Shrivenham, SN6 8TY
Received 24 Apr 202469 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AT
Received 17 May 2024Heathways House, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NN
Received 7 Feb 2023Pinewood School, Road Running Through Bourton To Hinton Marsh Farm, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HZ
Received 24 Feb 2026Old Duck Cottage, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 23 Oct 20254 Mill Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5NS
Received 11 Jul 2025The Old Post Office, The Greenway, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RG
Received 21 Jul 2025Records 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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