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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.
5,484 approved · 565 refused · 615 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westcot Farm House, Westcot, Westcot, Wantage, OX12 9QA
Received 24 Nov 2023Church Cottage, Broad Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RA
Received 7 Dec 2025Chain Hill House, Chain Hill, Wantage, OX12 8PB
Received 18 Jan 20231 The Quadrant, Abingdon, OX14 3YS
Received 15 Jun 2023Land west of A338, Wantage, OX11 9FD
Received 26 Mar 2024Hanney Nurseries, Steventon Road, East Hanney, OX12 0HS
Received 6 Jul 202264 Vineyard Abingdon OX14 3PB
Received 18 Sept 2026Former Seven Acres Nursery Site, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale
Received 18 Apr 2024Charney Basset area
Received 19 Jul 2022Moor Mill Farm, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7QD
Received 2 Jun 20258 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DZ
Received 4 Apr 2025Bakers Arms Cottage, 21 Ferndale Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AH
Received 24 Aug 2022Manor Farm, Church Street, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PA
Received 14 Jul 20252 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 29 Nov 20224 Faringdon Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AJ
Received 20 Jun 202415 Kempster Close, Abingdon, OX14 3UU
Received 23 Mar 202692 High Street, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8SW
Received 4 Jun 2024Old Post Office, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HX
Received 26 Jun 202521A School Lane, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EH
Received 2 Feb 2024Shoals Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8QW
Received 24 Mar 202233 Stert Street Abingdon OX14 3JF
Received 8 Apr 2026Potenger Way (CTIL: 11078323), Graham Group Warehouse, Potenger Way, Drayton Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HX
Received 3 Feb 2025Bridge Farm, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8JY
Received 1 Dec 2023The Thatched Cottage, Orchard Gardens, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TN
Received 16 Feb 2024Records 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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