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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Vale of White Horse District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,015 approved · 609 refused · 684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Grove Airfield Parcel P3B To the West of Newlands Drive Land North of Denchworth Road West of Grove
Received 13 Jul 2026Larousse, 9 Manor Close, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SS
Received 31 Aug 2021133 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AD
Received 23 Oct 202424 Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EE
Received 6 Apr 2023Childerhouse, 113 Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PR
Received 2 Aug 2023Burr Cottage, Burr Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DU
Received 3 Aug 2022Former Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 25 Jun 2024Land South of A4130, Land South of A4130 And West of New Farm, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4TX
Received 6 Feb 2024Faringdon Town Football Club, Tucker Park, Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7BP
Received 20 Jun 2025Manor Farm, North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 10 Sept 2025Land at Crab Hill, Land north of A417 and east of A338., Wantage, OX12 7GQ
Received 2 Sept 2021The Old Brewery Tap, Summerside, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8RB
Received 23 Oct 2023Cornerstone, 12A Horsecroft, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LL
Received 4 Sept 2023The Manor, 68 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JR
Received 8 May 2024Montrose, Grove Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EG
Received 31 Jan 2022Manor Farm Main Street, West Hagbourne, Didcot, OX11 0ND
Received 8 Apr 2024Oldfield Farm Road Running Through Baulking Baulking Faringdon SN7 8NR
Received 16 Jul 2026Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 6 Aug 20245-7 Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3JF
Received 6 Sept 2021Garden Barn, 51A High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AT
Received 4 Jul 2022Magpie Cottage, 30 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JW
Received 19 Jan 202655 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EE
Received 17 Jan 202415 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 8 Jun 202218 Radley Road Abingdon OX14 3PQ
Received 31 Mar 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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