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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.
6,203 approved · 626 refused · 704 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gothic House, 15 The Green, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JJ
Received 29 Oct 2021West Cottage, Stanford Road, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QL
Received 10 Aug 2023The Thatched Cottage, 4 Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NR
Received 14 Nov 2022Harcourt Hill Park, Botley
Received 6 Jun 2025Frethorne Stud, New Road, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9PG
Received 29 Sept 202523 Baker Road, Abingdon, OX14 5LW
Received 31 Aug 2021Great Field, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8RX
Received 15 Feb 20222 The Hill, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8JA
Received 3 May 2023The Old Mill, Berry Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QJ
Received 14 Oct 2022Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 12 Apr 2024Primmoore Radley Road Abingdon OX14 3SN
Received 10 Jun 2026Old Bakery House, 45 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HP
Received 3 Mar 202212C Lower Radley, Radley, Oxon, OX14 3AX
Received 20 Mar 20246 New Row, Wellwood Cottage, Buckland Road, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QN
Received 17 Aug 2021Stone Haven, Bellamy Close, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5AB
Received 26 Oct 2022Land south of Hillside, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 13 Dec 2023Ardmore, Stanton Road, Oxford, OX2 9AY
Received 21 Oct 2021Gore Farm, Buckland Marsh, Faringdon, SN7 8RD
Received 6 Jun 2023Foxhill Farm, Sparsholt Road, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9PN
Received 15 Dec 2025Triangle Cottage, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 4 Jan 2024Willowbrook, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NU
Received 28 Oct 2024Land between 15 and 17 Withington Court, Abingdon, OX14 3QA
Received 20 Dec 20232 The Square, Abingdon, OX14 5AS
Received 3 Jun 2024Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 1 May 2025Records 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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