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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.
5,128 approved · 541 refused · 569 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Mar 2022 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wellclose, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8QN
Received 15 Sept 20252 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HX
Received 8 Jul 2025Compton Marsh Farm, Compton Beauchamp, Swindon, SN6 8NN
Received 14 Jul 2022Near Church of St Blaize, High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EW
Received 8 Jan 2026Foxdown, 39 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BS
Received 20 Jun 202542 Hutchcomb Road, Oxford, OX2 9HL
Received 29 Nov 202227 Grahame Close, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QE
Received 29 Feb 2024Fullers Grove Site, Goodlake Avenue, East Challow, OX12 9BF
Received 19 May 2023Building R105 & R106, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0FA
Received 30 Mar 2022The Pump House, Buckland, Oxon, SN7 8QN
Received 28 Sept 2022Antwick Stud, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JD
Received 27 May 202296 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PE
Received 8 Jan 202619C Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JB
Received 16 May 2022Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire
Received 26 May 202611 Chilton Field Way, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SQ
Received 27 Sept 2022Fox Inn, Fox Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DR
Received 12 Aug 202538-44, Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QS
Received 12 Apr 2022Woodland Farm, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 18 Jul 2025Connemara, Cotswold Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9JG
Received 4 Jan 202440 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HQ
Received 9 May 2023Land Immediately North of Charney Field, Buckland Road, Charney Bassett, Oxfordshire
Received 14 Nov 202332 Stallpits Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BG
Received 27 Jun 2025Blackthorn Lodge, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JF
Received 2 May 20246 Leamington Drive, Faringdon, SN7 7JZ
Received 3 Aug 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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