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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.
5,944 approved · 600 refused · 676 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Meadow Barn, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HT
Received 16 Oct 2023Former Rogers Concrete, Sandshill, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 3 Apr 2025Abingdon Rugby Football Club Lambrick Way Abingdon OX14 5TJ
Received 10 Aug 2026Broadleaze Farm Longcot Road Shrivenham Swindon SN6 8HG
Received 4 Aug 2026Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC), 117 Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, SN7 8LD
Received 1 Dec 20256 Swinburne Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HD
Received 27 Jun 2024Glenford, Radley Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3SN
Received 8 Jun 2022Zulu Farmhouse, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DN
Received 25 Jun 202551 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PT
Received 25 Oct 2023Malthouse, Ginge, Wantage, OX12 8QS
Received 23 Feb 20243 South Quay, Abingdon, OX14 5TW
Received 14 Jun 2023Land at North Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenahm, SN6 8BH
Received 23 Sept 202145a Northcourt Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1PJ
Received 21 Feb 2022Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, North of Thomson Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QG
Received 27 Nov 2024Lumen House, Eighth Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0SG
Received 27 Aug 2024Pollards, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 21 Feb 2024Church Of St Mary, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LW
Received 30 Oct 2024Norman House, 58 Norman Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2HL
Received 26 May 2022Land north of, Copenhagen Drive, Abingdon, OX14 1RF
Received 28 Aug 202515 Westland Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EX
Received 3 Nov 2023Denchworth OX12 0DR Postcode area
Received 5 Jan 2023The Vicarage, Coach Lane, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8AB
Received 11 Sept 202514A Fairthorn Way, Shrivenham, SN6 8EB
Received 27 Jan 2022The Rectory Church Lane Longworth Abingdon OX13 5DX
Received 20 Aug 2026Records 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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