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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.
6,250 approved · 628 refused · 708 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Downs View Great Coxwell Faringdon SN7 7NG
Received 21 Sept 2026Land south of Civic Square, Crab Hill, Wantage, OX12 7GS
Received 13 Mar 2026Paddock View, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 27 Mar 20234 Hengest Gate, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HH
Received 12 Aug 202525 Parklands, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5PN
Received 5 Sept 2023Land at Townsend Road, Shrivenham
Received 3 Aug 2021The Old Gaol Office, 65 The Old Gaol, Abingdon, OX14 3HE
Received 14 Dec 2023The Long House, Vicarage Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SL
Received 1 Apr 2025Rivey House, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QW
Received 17 Dec 2021155 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 17 May 2022The Forge, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 27 Feb 2024Uffington, SN7
Received 31 May 2022Sparsholt House, Sparsholt Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 14 Dec 20219B Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HG
Received 23 May 202410 The Gap Marcham OX13 6NJ
Received 8 Jul 2026The White Horse Leisure And Tennis Centre, Audlett Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3PJ
Received 21 Feb 20254 Colne Close, Grove, Oxon, OX12 0NN
Received 29 Oct 2021Courtenay Pitts, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AG
Received 10 Sept 2024Cleave Cottage The Cleave Harwell Didcot OX11 0EL
Received 8 Jul 2026Wisteria Cottage, 15 Main Road, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LN
Received 13 Jan 2022Land at Bury Street Abingdon
Received 15 Jun 2026Coopers Field, Church Lane, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LZ
Received 15 Nov 202435 Fogwell Road, Oxford, OX2 9SB
Received 18 Jul 2023PTD Faringdon Close, Faringdon Road / Cholswell Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LR
Received 9 Apr 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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