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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.
5,831 approved · 590 refused · 659 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Mackenzie Avenue, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4LS
Received 29 Aug 2024Former Rogers Concrete, Sandshill, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 27 Jan 202620 Joyces Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HT
Received 29 Sept 2023Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 11 Aug 202327 Maple Close Oxford OX2 9DZ
Received 16 Mar 2026Trident Business Park, Unit 5d, Basil Hill Road, Didcot, OX11 7HJ
Received 12 Sept 20238 The Croft, West Hanney, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0LD
Received 3 Oct 2023Foxcombe Hall, Boars Hill, OX1 5HR
Received 8 Aug 20223 New Cottages, Berrycroft, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LX
Received 15 Aug 2023Little Orchard, Packers Lane, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RT
Received 14 Apr 2022Redruthen, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8EX
Received 19 Dec 2022Church Lane (and War Memorial land), Asbury, Swindon
Received 29 Apr 2022Oakwood House, 5 Sycamore Close, Abingdon, OX13 6ER
Received 14 Mar 2023Land at Bridge Farm Quarry, Bridge Farm Quarry, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PP
Received 10 Jun 2022Burnt House Farm, 25 High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QD
Received 12 Oct 2021Farmyard at Knighton Farm, Knighton, Swindon, SN6 8NN
Received 11 Mar 2026The Old Bakery, 43 High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4ER
Received 10 Apr 2024The Brown House, Main Street, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7HX
Received 19 Feb 2025Off Innovation Drive, Milton Park, OX14 4RQ
Received 20 Feb 2024128 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PE
Received 13 Dec 202313 Howard Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PS
Received 16 May 2025Eventurer, Prospect Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9HT
Received 16 Jan 2026The Core Business Centre, Milton Hill, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AB
Received 17 Jan 2023Unit 2 Tech Foundry, Curie Avenue, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0QT
Received 12 Jun 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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