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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.
5,601 approved · 574 refused · 627 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Lodge, High Street, Hinton Waldrist, Oxfordshire, SN7 8RN
Received 12 May 2025Whites Farm House, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW
Received 9 Jun 2025Firs Cottage, Road Running Through Fyfield, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LR
Received 8 Apr 20268 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DZ
Received 9 Jul 2025Petwick Farm, Huntersfield Equestrian Centre Challow Faringdon SN7 8NT
Received 28 Jul 2026Church Farm, Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7QA
Received 14 Nov 202316 Road Through Buscot Village From Reading Road To Buscot L, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8DA
Received 8 Dec 2025As You Like It, Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LN
Received 31 Oct 2022The Old Bakery High Street Childrey Wantage OX12 9UA
Received 18 Aug 202612 Ferny Close, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AN
Received 27 Sept 2024Granary House, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PF
Received 19 Sept 2023Oak Barn, Eaton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5PR
Received 22 Mar 20236 Kent Close, Abingdon, OX14 3XJ
Received 10 Dec 2021Kingston Lisle Park, Road Running North Through Kingston Lisle, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QG
Received 15 Apr 2026Faringdon Quarry, Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7LG
Received 23 Jun 2022The Church Cottage, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 31 Mar 202316 Bagley Close, Kennington, OX1 5LS
Received 22 Mar 2022New housing development at Blaise Park, Milton Hill, Milton
Received 28 Jul 2023Sudbury House Hotel, London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 25 Mar 2025Dunstan Lodge South Street Letcombe Regis Wantage OX12 9JY
Received 14 May 2026Church of St Mary, Church Street, Upton
Received 27 Jul 2022Land at Valley Park (Parcel 1P), Didcot, OX11
Received 16 Apr 202630 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 29 Aug 202445 St Johns Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2HA
Received 4 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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