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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.
5,394 approved · 558 refused · 606 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 19 Feb 2025Oakleigh, Millway Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LB
Received 17 Oct 202433 New Road, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0ER
Received 23 Mar 20222 Fairfield Close Grove Wantage OX12 0NQ
Received 12 May 202691 Foxborough Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3AE
Received 14 Aug 2023Land to the west of Great Western Park
Received 26 Apr 202230 The Laurels, Garston Lane, Wantage, OX12 7AR
Received 1 Aug 20253 New Row, Stable End, Buckland Road, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QN
Received 26 Jun 2024143 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LR
Received 12 Sept 2023The Studio (part), Tubney Warren Barn, Faringdon Road, Tubney, OX13 5QJ
Received 3 Dec 2025Land South of Steeds Farm, Coxwell Road, Faringdon
Received 21 Sept 2023Silver Copse, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NW
Received 12 Feb 2025The Warren, Faringdon Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 6QJ
Received 20 Nov 2025234 Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6RN
Received 25 Sept 2024190-192 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SE
Received 15 Jul 20243 Kingstone Farmyard, Kingstone Winslow, Swindon, SN6 8NJ
Received 18 Jan 2023Land South of Steeds Farm, Coxwell Road, Faringdon
Received 11 Jun 2024The Thatched Cottage, 4 Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NR
Received 27 Aug 2024158 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QS
Received 11 Apr 20231 Littleworth Hill, Wantage, OX12 9AG
Received 9 Jun 2025Almshouse Farm, High Street, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0ET
Received 17 Nov 202335 Sandleigh Road, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6DP
Received 31 Jan 2024Appleby Cottage, Witney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AN
Received 2 Apr 2024Plot 4, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon-on-Thames, OX14 1DZ
Received 14 Apr 2026Records 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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