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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.
5,493 approved · 565 refused · 615 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Boarder Meadows, Woolstone Road, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RG
Received 28 Mar 2022Greenhill Cottage 9 Summerside Buckland Faringdon SN7 8QY
Received 8 Jun 2026Portway, Wantage, OX12 7HH
Received 29 Apr 202520 Chapel Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4AN
Received 10 Apr 202516 Long Furlong Road, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6BL
Received 12 May 2022The Old Gaol Office, 65 The Old Gaol, Abingdon, OX14 3HE
Received 4 Apr 202414 Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JB
Received 14 Jun 20232 Church View Cottages, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7SZ
Received 28 Apr 2025Springwood, 19 Hids Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 10 Nov 2025St Marys Cottage, Pinewoods Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HG
Received 2 Sept 2022Land north of Copenhagen Drive, Abingdon, OX14 1RF
Received 20 Mar 2026Ashbrook House Westbrook Street Blewbury Didcot OX11 9QA
Received 29 Jun 2026Symonds Farm, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 1 Dec 2023Manor Cottage, South Street, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9PX
Received 20 Mar 2023Mollie's Motel & Diner, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PY
Received 14 Dec 2023Woodcroft, Foxcombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DH
Received 28 Feb 2024Shrivenham Church of England Primary School, Raven Way, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, SN6 8FX
Received 27 Nov 20258 Home Close, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DB
Received 5 Feb 2026Sheard Studio, Newbury Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LG
Received 29 Sept 2025Mulberry House, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 14 Nov 2025Oxleaze Farm, Claypit Lane, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QS
Received 17 Oct 20231 Malthouse Paddock, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8RH
Received 19 Aug 202488 Pinnocks Way, Oxford, OX2 9DQ
Received 27 Mar 202523 Chapel Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LE
Received 22 Apr 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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