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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.
5,976 approved · 600 refused · 678 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Warren House, Unit A, Oxford Road, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HP
Received 13 Feb 2023Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 27 Oct 2023Upwood Quarry, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5DW
Received 2 Nov 202321, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 11 Jul 202374 Swinburne Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HE
Received 5 Mar 202653 Welford Gardens, Abingdon, OX14 2BH
Received 20 Oct 2021Cherbury Cottage, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QD
Received 21 Sept 2022Lendorena, Anvil Lane, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LA
Received 13 Aug 2024Pollards, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 4 Jan 2022Gothic House 15 The Green Drayton Abingdon OX14 4JJ
Received 22 Sept 202652 Gainsborough Green, Abingdon, OX14 5JN
Received 20 Jul 202225 East Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 8QG
Received 17 Apr 2024The Lamb Inn, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QN
Received 5 Jul 2022Jcn St Nicholas Green, Darrell Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1HQ
Received 20 Jun 202218A Market Place, Oxfordshire, Faringdon, SN7 7HP
Received 8 Jul 2025Land North of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0GD
Received 28 Nov 2022Bridge Farm Quarry, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PP
Received 20 Apr 202319 Flowe Drive, Wantage, OX12 7GS
Received 26 Sept 2023Old Well Cottage, Church Road, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8SE
Received 2 Aug 2022Monks Farm, Townsend, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 11 Feb 2025Teallach Cottage, 7 High Street, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8NA
Received 7 Aug 2024New Barn, Stanton Road, Oxford, OX2 9AY
Received 21 Feb 2022Ashbrook House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 18 Aug 20219 Fullwell Close, Abingdon, OX14 1JX
Received 19 Jan 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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