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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.
5,262 approved · 547 refused · 591 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highview Great Coxwell Faringdon SN7 7NG
Received 18 Sept 2026Trinity House Foxcombe Road Boars Hill Oxford OX1 5DL
Received 21 Apr 2026SO 13 and 1 Lenthall Road and OS 22 and 24 Lenthall Road, Abingdon, OX14 1HE
Received 26 May 20238 Home Close, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DB
Received 13 Mar 202559 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 3 Feb 2025Grove House South Station Road Grove Wantage OX12 7PF
Received 15 May 2026Landmead Solar Farm, Garford, Abingdon, OX13 5PA
Received 19 Sept 2023Land adjoining Field Farm, Faringdon Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7NG
Received 5 Dec 202511 Friars Mews, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4GS
Received 15 Sept 20253 Cranbrook Drive Kennington Oxford OX1 5RR
Received 3 Aug 20265 Halls Close, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LU
Received 6 Feb 2026Foxwood, Fox Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DR
Received 12 Dec 2022Seacourt Tower Retail Park, West Way, Oxford, OX2 0JJ
Received 13 Aug 202542 Big Wood Park Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2LL
Received 7 Jul 2022Trinity House, Conduit Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DB
Received 23 Feb 2023Gate Cottage, 87 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SQ
Received 3 Feb 2026Land North of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0GD
Received 8 Jun 202315 Charlton Road, Wantage, OX12 8EP
Received 20 Jul 202213 North Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NG
Received 23 Apr 202431 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AH
Received 5 May 202228, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 3 Jan 2023The Crown Public House, 11 High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AN
Received 11 May 2022Land at Manor Farm, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8BH
Received 23 Feb 2023The Thatched House, Stanton Road, Oxford, OX2 9AY
Received 18 Mar 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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