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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.
5,429 approved · 560 refused · 608 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dunraven House, 32 London Street, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7AA
Received 30 May 20234 Aldworth Close, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0FS
Received 10 Feb 2025The Dower House, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JY
Received 23 May 202569 North Drive, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0PD
Received 12 Jan 2024The Poplars, Church Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LA
Received 18 Jul 202373 Curtis Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 3UW
Received 7 Mar 20237 Castle Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SR
Received 4 Jul 202239 Abbott Road, Abingdon, OX14 2DT
Received 31 Jan 2025Land at Stockham Farm, Wantage, OX12 9BQ
Received 28 Feb 2022The Old Vicarage, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 23 Sept 20258 Main Road, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PG
Received 25 Jul 202354 Westminster Way Oxford OX2 0LW
Received 30 Mar 2026Quab Hill Farm, Featherbed Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JF
Received 23 Sept 202443 Blandy Avenue, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5DA
Received 19 Jan 2022Ashenden Close, Abingdon
Received 10 Jul 20231 & 2 Kings Farm Cottages, Mallins Lane, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TE
Received 23 Dec 202213 Gravel Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HY
Received 22 Dec 2025Folly Woodland, Stanford Road, Faringdon
Received 21 Aug 202328 Dean Court Road, Oxford, OX2 9XD
Received 25 Jan 2023Gorse Farm, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LG
Received 9 Mar 202310 Swinburne Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HD
Received 8 Mar 2023Land adjacent to the Boneyard, Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7NN
Received 21 Mar 202376 Abingdon Road Cumnor Oxford OX2 9QW
Received 3 Aug 20265 Bowes House, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8AL
Received 2 Aug 2023Records 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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