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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.
5,521 approved · 567 refused · 618 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Horsecroft, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LL
Received 10 Dec 202528 High Street Abingdon OX14 5AX
Received 8 Apr 202625 Anna Pavlova Close, Abingdon, OX14 1TF
Received 21 Mar 20228 Marlborough Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JP
Received 17 Jan 2024The Clock House, 18 Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AA
Received 10 Feb 2023South Spring, Stream Road, Upton, OX11 9JG
Received 3 Mar 20222 Hengest Gate, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HH
Received 25 Apr 20243 Hyde Road, Denchworth, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0DR
Received 30 Jun 2022Fresden Barn, Highworth
Received 21 Mar 2023Land at Crab Hill, Eastern Link Road Phase (A417 to A338), Wantage
Received 14 Jun 2023Thatcher Cottage, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 9 Mar 2022Beechwood House, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4BL
Received 6 Dec 20212 Dunstead Lane, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QL
Received 30 Oct 2023Grassed area to the left of Malthouse Paddock, Buckland, Faringdon
Received 7 Mar 2024Field (E445658 N185425), East Hendred
Received 12 Mar 2025Hanney Nurseries, Steventon Road, East Hanney, OX12 0HS
Received 15 Aug 202324 Cherry Tree Drive, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6EP
Received 15 May 2023Land adjoining South Charlton Farm, Lark Hill, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8PL
Received 12 Jul 2022Southmoor Village Hall, Tennis Courts Draycott Road Southmoor Abingdon OX13 5BY
Received 29 Apr 2026Waylands, Idstone Road, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LP
Received 7 Mar 2023Site to the south of Hanney Road, on land at Cow Common, OX13 6AP
Received 9 May 2023NPK Access Solutions UK Ltd, Thrupp Lane, Radley, OX14 3NG
Received 15 Oct 2025Land to the west of the A338, and the north of East Hanney, East Hanney
Received 12 Feb 2026Blenheim Fields, Charney Bassett, OX12 0HD
Received 18 Sept 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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