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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.
6,113 approved · 618 refused · 693 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jacksons Cottage, Fernham Road, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7PU
Received 22 Jul 2025Newlands, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NN
Received 21 Dec 2021Second Pitches Former Grove Airfield
Received 28 Sept 2026Common Barn Farm, Garford, Abingdon, OX13 5PA
Received 7 Apr 2022Tradewinds, 50 Francis Little Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5PN
Received 26 Aug 2021132 Greenwood Way Harwell Didcot OX11 6GD
Received 2 Sept 2026Wicks House, North Green, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LQ
Received 12 Sept 2022Sparsholt Manor, Sparsholt Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 20 Sept 202311 Mathews Way, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6JX
Received 4 Dec 2023Land to the North of 12 Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 19 Mar 2024Marcham Park New Road Marcham OX13 6NW
Received 9 Jul 2026Skippets Stables, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 6 Feb 2024Morys, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NG
Received 9 Feb 202253 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LJ
Received 16 Dec 20214 Elizabeth Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2NP
Received 10 Jun 2024Land East of Grove, East of the A338 Station Road, North of Tulwick Lane
Received 2 Mar 2022Development on land off B4016, Appleford
Received 4 Dec 202462 Vineyard, Abingdon, OX14 3PB
Received 23 Jan 20269B Sunningwell Road Sunningwell Abingdon OX13 6BJ
Received 20 Aug 2026Ardmore, Stanton Road, Oxford, OX2 9AY
Received 7 Jan 2022Radley College, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HR
Received 24 Jun 2024Land at North Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenham, SN6 8BH
Received 14 Dec 202314 Stanley Close, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 0LB
Received 14 Nov 2024Blue Boar Ph, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 7 Dec 2023Records 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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