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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.
5,175 approved · 542 refused · 578 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Upper Farm Cottage, Ginge, Wantage, OX12 8QT
Received 20 Jun 2024Land at Springhill Farm, Southmoor, OX13 5HL
Received 3 Sept 2025Land adjacent to Saxonsfield, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9QL
Received 27 Feb 20243 Priory Mead, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TJ
Received 24 Jun 2024Monks Orchard, Newbury Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LG
Received 10 Jun 2025Lowerfield Farm, The Dairy Barn Bourton Swindon SN6 8HT
Received 7 Jul 2026Land to the rear of 8/8A and 9/9ACumnor Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NS
Received 5 Dec 202345 Miller Place, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6FX
Received 28 Apr 2022The Elms, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LR
Received 22 Nov 2024Land at Monks Farm, Grove
Received 3 Nov 2025Land at Manor Farm, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8BH
Received 20 Jun 202513 Badswell Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JN
Received 9 Aug 202219 Cleycourt Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BN
Received 14 Apr 2022Grange Farm, Oxfordshire, SN6 8HT
Received 23 Jan 2023OPP Hyde Farm Nurseries, Abingdon Road, Abingdon, OX13 6NX
Received 1 Aug 2024New Inn Cottage, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PD
Received 5 Nov 2024Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 18 Nov 2024The Cleve South Street Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PR
Received 24 Jul 2026The Old Dairy, Manor Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NN
Received 19 Oct 2023Land South of Steeds Farm, Coxwell Road, Faringdon
Received 17 Dec 2025Place Farm House, The Lane, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SF
Received 25 Oct 2022Milton Heights Milton Abingdon OX14 4DR
Received 29 Sept 2026Goosey Wick Farm, Charney Bassett, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0EY
Received 23 Jun 2023108 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LP
Received 24 Jun 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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