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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.
5,472 approved · 565 refused · 613 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Dec 2021 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DW
Received 2 Apr 2025Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 10 Apr 2024The Coach House, Abingdon Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NF
Received 30 Mar 202351 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 1EA
Received 19 Feb 202636 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HY
Received 27 Aug 20251 Spencers Close, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NG
Received 27 May 2022Willowdene, Faringdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AG
Received 30 Sept 2022EUU769 The Mission Hall, Radcot Road, Faringdon, SN7 8DT
Received 20 Jun 20226 Fitzharrys Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1EJ
Received 12 Dec 20255 High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AN
Received 24 Aug 202347a High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AT
Received 6 Dec 2023The Wharf Barn, 43A Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NJ
Received 19 Oct 202525 Parklands, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5PN
Received 2 Sept 2025The Old Maltings, Vineyard, Abingdon, OX14 3UG
Received 27 Mar 202318A North Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QN
Received 1 Oct 202421 Witan Way, Wantage, OX12 9HD
Received 11 Jul 2023Springhill Farm, Springhill, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HL
Received 8 Nov 202313 The Old Pound, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BQ
Received 10 Jul 20236 Milton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BS
Received 29 Oct 2025Paddocks to the South of Apple Tree Farm, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 11 Apr 2022Land at Kennington New Pumping Station, Sandford Lane, Kennington, OX1 5RW
Received 6 Nov 2023177 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 23 Oct 20225 Kiln Close, Faringdon, SN7 8FJ
Received 15 Feb 2022Brookside Cottage, The Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AN
Received 7 Aug 2025Records 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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