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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.
5,278 approved · 549 refused · 591 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Manor Farm House Kingston Lisle Park Kingston Lisle Wantage OX12 9QL
Received 30 Jun 2026Stone Farm, Majors Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TR
Received 6 Mar 2026The Croft, Church Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LA
Received 18 Oct 202316 The Park, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QS
Received 28 Jul 2025Rose Cottage, High Street, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DU
Received 26 Mar 2024Banny Hill Farm, Baulking, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7QE
Received 30 Oct 20242 Rutherford Close, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2AT
Received 19 Sept 2024Old School Yard Site, Off Pioneer Road, Pioneer Industrial Estate, Faringdon, SN7 7BU
Received 13 Sept 2022Land to the rear of 10, Halls Close, Drayton, OX14 4LU
Received 24 Feb 2025Land off Hagbourne Hill, Chilton
Received 15 Aug 2022Hinton Manor, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8SA
Received 4 Sept 20238 Stonhouse Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AG
Received 30 May 202255 Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DX
Received 11 Jan 2024Milton Mill, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EP
Received 28 Apr 2025Guildway, Bedwells Heath, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JE
Received 27 May 20222A Stocks Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SG
Received 12 Feb 2026Grove Farm, Max Events, Milton Hill, Abingdon, OX14 4DP
Received 10 Oct 2023Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 2 May 2023Appleby Cottage, Witney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AN
Received 28 Jun 202322 Merchant Crescent, Faringdon, SN7 7EQ
Received 28 Feb 2024Old Manor Farm House, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HU
Received 17 Oct 202233 Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PL
Received 10 Feb 2023Land north west of Abingdon-on-Thames, Land bound by Wootton Road, Dunmore Road and the A34, Abingdon
Received 6 Jun 202429 Lockway, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LF
Received 12 Apr 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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