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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.
5,775 approved · 587 refused · 648 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Ranch, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LL
Received 3 Sept 2024Greens Farmhouse, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NG
Received 8 Aug 20232 Cherwell Close, Abingdon, OX14 3TD
Received 11 Apr 2022Hazel Mere, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 13 Apr 2023Tamarix, Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5QW
Received 19 Apr 20221 to 10 Eagles Close Wantage OX12 8DS
Received 10 Jul 2026The Bell Hotel, 13 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HP
Received 4 Nov 2022Stanford in the Vale Primary School, High Street, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LH
Received 19 Jan 202616 Kenville Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PJ
Received 29 Jul 2025Hamilton House, Charney Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HW
Received 18 May 2023Radley College (E Social building), Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HR
Received 26 Mar 202521 Blacklands Way, Abingdon, OX14 1DY
Received 11 Jul 202350 North Drive, Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7PN
Received 6 Dec 2023Former Wicklesham Quarry, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7PH
Received 26 Sept 20251 Segsbury Road, Wantage, OX12 9XR
Received 5 Jun 2024Monks Farm, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 27 Mar 2023Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 11 Jan 2024Brook Farm House, Jennings Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EP
Received 26 Sept 2023Spring House, 9 High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4ER
Received 9 Dec 2024Unit 3, The Barn, Faringdon, SN7 8PN
Received 4 May 202343 Edward Street, Abingdon, OX14 1DJ
Received 15 Aug 20253 Snuggs Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HU
Received 1 Apr 202235 Cullerne Close, Abingdon, OX14 1XH
Received 14 Apr 2025The Annexe, The White House, Faringdon Road, Shippon, OX13 6LW
Received 10 May 2022Records 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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