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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.
5,716 approved · 584 refused · 643 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
East Cottage, Stanford Road, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QL
Received 4 Feb 2025Appleford House, Church Street, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PB
Received 5 Mar 202664 Russ Avenue, Faringdon, SN7 7GA
Received 2 Mar 2022Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 24 Nov 2025The Cleve, Blewbury, OX11 9PU
Received 14 Jan 2022The White Horse, 189 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DW
Received 9 Mar 2026Former grove Airfield, Parcel P4, Grove
Received 1 Feb 2023Land north of Dunmore Road and Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 19 Feb 2026Southby, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QR
Received 21 Jun 202445A Hutchcomb Road, Oxford, OX2 9HL
Received 5 Dec 202539 Abbott Road, Abingdon, OX14 2DT
Received 31 Jan 2025East Lodge, Milton Hill, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6BD
Received 25 Nov 202246 Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DG
Received 26 Oct 20231 Berry Croft, Abingdon, OX14 1JL
Received 3 Apr 2023Village Hall, Hobbyhorse Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BB
Received 3 May 202310 Cumnor Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NS
Received 23 Jan 202616 to 18 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 2 Mar 202621 Hutchcomb Road, Oxford, OX2 9HN
Received 5 Dec 202529 Oxford Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PL
Received 6 Jun 2024Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Diamond House Road, Chilton, OX11 0DE
Received 5 Jan 2026Ashbrook House, The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 2 Dec 2021Land North of Dunmore Road, Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 3 Jul 2023East Cottage, Stanford Road, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QL
Received 20 Nov 2024Corfe Cottage, Abingdon, Tubney, OX13 5QQ
Received 4 Oct 2022Records 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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