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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.
5,683 approved · 583 refused · 639 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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33 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HP
Received 31 Aug 2022Fawler End, Fawler, Wantage, OX12 9QJ
Received 23 May 2022The Farmhouse incorporating 5 Lower Whitely Farm, Lower Whitley Farm, Farmoor, OX2 9NX
Received 17 Jul 20256 Scholar Place, Oxford, OX2 9RD
Received 29 Apr 2025Pykelle, The Greenway, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RG
Received 20 Jan 2023Smith Hill Farm, Smith Hill, Wantage, OX12 9LX
Received 8 Jul 202230 Belmont Wantage OX12 9AS
Received 7 Sept 2026Old School House, School Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0ES
Received 27 Sept 2022Swan House, Swan Lane, Faringdon, SN7 7AF
Received 24 Sept 202296 Cumnor Hill Oxford OX2 9HY
Received 8 May 202625 Bosleys Orchard, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7JR
Received 18 Aug 2022Opp 12 Meadowside,, S/O 12 Meadowside and S/O 13 Meadowside, Abingdon, OX14 5DU
Received 23 May 2023Land south of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 4 Apr 202334 Big Wood Park Sugworth Lane Radley Abingdon OX14 2LL
Received 26 Aug 20266 Ladman Villas, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8EQ
Received 25 May 2022Land North West of, Dunmore Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Received 5 Aug 2025Harwell ILW Box Store, Rutherford Avenue, Didcot, Harwell, OX11 0DF
Received 8 Jun 2023Hanney Nurseries, Steventon Road, East Hanney, OX12 0HS
Received 17 Aug 2023Vale House, West Way, Oxford, OX2 9UD
Received 3 Apr 2025South Gables, Kings Lane, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7SS
Received 19 Aug 2022Foxcombe House, West Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PS
Received 16 Aug 20258 Main Road, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PG
Received 19 Aug 202521 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AW
Received 8 Mar 2022Hills Road Through Great Coxwell Great Coxwell Faringdon SN7 7LY
Received 9 Jun 2026Records 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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