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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.
5,727 approved · 584 refused · 644 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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5 Coach Lane, Faringdon, SN7 8AB
Received 3 Oct 2022The Plot, North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford
Received 24 Feb 2026Phase 2 Data Centre, Land at Former A Didcot Power Station, OX11 7HA
Received 28 Aug 2025Land at Appleford Road, Sutton Courtney, OX14 4PP
Received 7 Dec 202165 Montagu Road, Oxford, OX2 9AQ
Received 16 Feb 2026Ifield, West Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UJ
Received 6 Dec 2022Land at Oxford RFC, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX1 5AA
Received 13 Feb 2023The Bakers Arms, High Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RP
Received 13 Jan 202226 Blandy Avenue, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5DB
Received 1 Sept 2025Land at Crab Hill, Land North of A417, Wantage, OX12 7EE
Received 29 Jul 2022Pidnell Farm, Radcot Road, Faringdon, SN7 8DY
Received 19 Aug 20249 Hogarth Place, Abingdon, OX14 5LR
Received 29 Nov 2023Former Rogers Concrete, Sandshill, Oxfordshire, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 27 Sept 202416 The Greenway, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RG
Received 14 Oct 2022Church Farm Barns, Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6JF
Received 19 Jan 20233 Stonebridge Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AS
Received 28 Oct 2022Sunningwell House, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 30 Aug 2022Bay Tree House, East Hanney, Oxon, OX12 0HQ
Received 19 May 2023Rockley Farm House, 16 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 17 Nov 2025Melfort, Hamels Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DJ
Received 6 Jul 2024o/s 56 Berry Croft, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1JW
Received 21 Jul 2022Peachcroft Farm (Units 7-10), Whites Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HP
Received 23 May 2025Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 24 May 2023Land North of Dunmore Road and Twelve Acre Drive, North Abingdon
Received 7 Sept 2023Records 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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