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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.
5,843 approved · 594 refused · 659 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hill Orchard, Blenheim Hill, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DS
Received 20 Dec 20216 Milton Road Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4BS
Received 19 May 202641 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BE
Received 23 Jan 2023A34& A4183 Lodge Hill Interchange, Abingdon, OX14 1RW
Received 20 Sept 2024Hartford Greys, Sandy Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HN
Received 2 Jun 2025Defence Academy of the UK, Faringdon Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA
Received 4 Jan 2024Bow House, 34 Bow Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8JB
Received 22 Mar 2022Manor Farm, Frilford Road, Abingdon, OX13 6NR
Received 16 Jul 202517A Garford Close, Abingdon, OX14 2BY
Received 23 Sept 2024Berrycroft Farm Office Berrycroft Ashbury SN6 8LX
Received 10 Jul 2026Southfield Farmhouse, 66 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AS
Received 17 Nov 202519 Hids Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 3 Oct 2024Orange PCS (OXF21), Dunmore Leisure Centre, Dunmore Farm, Abingdon, OX13 6BH
Received 28 Aug 202525 Mill Road, Abingdon, OX14 5NS
Received 5 Dec 2023146 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PW
Received 18 Feb 2025Mount Pleasant Farm, Lake Barn, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PY
Received 4 Aug 2025Wyngates Dog Lane Childrey Wantage OX12 9UW
Received 28 Jul 2026Monks Farm, Townsend, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 19 Feb 202420A Mill Street, Wantage, OX12 9AQ
Received 24 Feb 202672 Mably Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9XW
Received 30 May 202360 North Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NQ
Received 7 Oct 202410 North Quay, Abingdon, OX14 5RY
Received 11 Apr 2023Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 24 May 2024Saddleworth House, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JY
Received 25 Jan 2023Records 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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