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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,056 approved · 535 refused · 550 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Romney House, 19A Gloucester Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JA
Received 3 May 2022Land to the west of Didcot B Power Station
Received 19 Aug 2024Tilsley Park Dunmore Road Abingdon OX14 1PU
Received 30 Jun 2026Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 25 Apr 2025Franklin House, 6 Parsonage Close, Charlton, Wantage, OX12 7HP
Received 20 Mar 2023Brook House, Sudbury Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EL
Received 13 Feb 20262 Hengest Gate, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0HH
Received 16 Jan 2026Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 14 Jan 202672 Coleridge Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5NT
Received 1 Aug 2022Land at Former Coal Yard, Thrupp Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3NG
Received 16 Feb 20246 Lower Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AX
Received 5 Jun 2025Sutton Courtenay Landfill Site Appleford Sidings Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4PW
Received 8 Jul 202653 Eason Drive Abingdon OX14 3YD
Received 21 Apr 2026Hillcrest, High Street, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NX
Received 5 May 20233 Yew Tree Court, Oxford Road, Kingston Bagpuize, OX13 5PQ
Received 30 May 2022113 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NA
Received 8 Nov 2022Belmont Lodge, Belmont, Wantage, OX12 9AS
Received 17 Oct 2022Dunraven House, 32 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 3 Oct 2022Oldfield Farm, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 8NR
Received 11 Oct 20243 Bakehouse Lane, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6FW
Received 16 Sept 2024Land north of dunmore Road and Twelve Acre Drive Abingdon
Received 20 Apr 202610 Corn Avill Close, Abingdon, OX14 2ND
Received 28 Nov 202437 Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JD
Received 19 Apr 202422 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 5EB
Received 11 Sept 2023Records 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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