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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.
5,071 approved · 536 refused · 553 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Rowstock Corner Garage, Abingdon Road, Rowstock, Didcot, OX11 0JW
Received 1 Jul 202518A Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HP
Received 25 Mar 2026Church of St Mary, Church Street, Upton
Received 27 Jul 2023Monks Farm, Townsend, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AH
Received 26 Jan 202435-37 Fernham Road Faringdon SN7 7LB
Received 16 Jul 2026Fairview, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TN
Received 9 Aug 2022Cornerstones, High Street, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8RN
Received 9 Oct 2024154 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LR
Received 17 Jan 2023Riverside House, 38 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 21 Aug 20237 Stonehill Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HU
Received 22 Aug 2025Faringdon Folly Woodland
Received 1 Sept 202632 Stallpits Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BG
Received 18 May 2023197 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BW
Received 17 Jan 2024St Lawrence House, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0NB
Received 14 Jan 2026Manor Farm, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QL
Received 16 Jan 202349 Harlington Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7NQ
Received 26 May 2022Site Of Greensands, Reading Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JE
Received 25 Oct 2022The Old Maltings, Vineyard, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3UG
Received 6 Jun 2023Land to the south of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QG
Received 20 Nov 2025Clover Meadow (Phase 6T) Valley Park Didcot
Received 30 Jul 2026Crabtree Farm, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8BH
Received 17 May 2024The Old Malt House, 48 Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 27 Jun 2023The Grange, 13 Gravel Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HY
Received 8 Sept 2023Tigin Ban, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EU
Received 4 Jan 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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