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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.
6,010 approved · 609 refused · 683 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Signal Yard, Units 5-10 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RR
Received 6 Jun 202410/10a London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 22 Feb 2024Brook House, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4AH
Received 8 Nov 2021Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7PL
Received 27 Mar 2023Booker House, 3 Baulking Lane, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8NR
Received 21 Apr 202217 Stanley Close, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 0LB
Received 14 Aug 2024OS 25A Home Close Wootton Abingdon OX13 6DB
Received 20 Aug 20266 Manor Close Shrivenham Swindon SN6 8AE
Received 12 Jun 20268 Crabtree Road, Oxford, OX2 9DT
Received 15 Jul 2024Hanney Nurseries, Steventon Road, East Hanney, OX12 0HS
Received 22 Mar 20225 Barnfield, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0HA
Received 24 Oct 202547 Whitfield Gardens, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0FQ
Received 19 Jun 2024Sports Pavilion Appleton Road Cumnor Oxford OX2 9QH
Received 7 May 202687 High Street, Milton, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4EJ
Received 25 May 2022Greenacres, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NX
Received 22 Mar 20241 Thurston Close, Abingdon, OX14 5RD
Received 25 Oct 20214 Martens Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BA
Received 15 Feb 202429 Mill Street Steventon Abingdon OX13 6SP
Received 23 Apr 2026Botley Centre West Way Botley Oxford OX2 9LP
Received 22 May 2026Lavender House, Newbury Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LG
Received 14 Aug 20242 Boreford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2QT
Received 10 Oct 202460 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 1EB
Received 18 Nov 202210 & 11, Manor Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AE
Received 18 May 2023Minion Building, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0RA
Received 14 Oct 2024Records 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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