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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.
6,065 approved · 615 refused · 692 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 Marlborough Gardens, Faringdon, SN7 7DF
Received 25 Nov 2021The Dovecote Section Of A420 Running Through Buckland Buckland Faringdon SN7 8RG
Received 10 Jun 2026Land at Crab Hill (Phase 8a), Wantage
Received 24 Dec 202556 Coxwell Road, Faringdon, SN7 7JX
Received 31 May 2022Shellingford Quarry Park, Faringdon Road, Shellingford
Received 24 Mar 2026Cedar Lodge Road Through Great Coxwell Great Coxwell Faringdon SN7 7NG
Received 14 Aug 2026137 Netherton Road Appleton Abingdon OX13 5QW
Received 8 Sept 2026Trinity Church Conduit Road Abingdon OX14 1DB
Received 8 Sept 2026Eidsvoll, Bedwells Heath, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JE
Received 19 Jan 2023The Homestead, Kings Lane, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7SS
Received 7 Jun 20232 South View, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5AF
Received 21 Apr 2023Land adjacent to the War Memorial, Perimeter Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Received 7 Jan 2026Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 2 May 2023Land south of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7NP
Received 5 Dec 2023Calan Haf, Churchmere Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AQ
Received 26 Jul 2021Home Farm, Home Farm, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8JF
Received 8 Aug 202318A Market Place, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7HP
Received 15 Jul 202523 Lawrence Avenue, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8FZ
Received 20 Mar 2025Lilac Cottage, Woolstone Corner, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RF
Received 12 Aug 202424 Berry Croft, Abingdon, OX14 1JL
Received 5 Mar 2025Hendred House High Street East Hendred Wantage OX12 8JZ
Received 8 Sept 2026West View, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 16 Feb 2023Tigin Ban, High Street, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0EU
Received 20 May 202410 South Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QH
Received 20 May 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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