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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.
6,322 approved · 632 refused · 716 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Stable Cottage, High Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RP
Received 7 Sept 20217 Crafts End, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SA
Received 20 May 2022Radley C of E Primary School, Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3QF
Received 6 Dec 20217 Whites Forge, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LG
Received 11 Jan 2024Brick Apple Store, Grove Farm, Milton Hill
Received 15 Apr 202580 Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6JQ
Received 25 Sept 2025Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, SN7 8HQ
Received 19 Oct 2021Field House, Park Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JT
Received 12 Apr 202231 Church Green, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HU
Received 4 Aug 202512 Twelve Acre Drive,, Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2RF
Received 3 Aug 20235 Coxs Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EL
Received 27 Aug 2025Land of Kennington Road, Abingdon, OX14 2JR
Received 24 Jun 2022Cresscombe, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW
Received 31 Jan 202617 Ivy Close, Harwell, OX11 6DD
Received 24 Apr 2025The Old Woodyard, Blackbird Lane, Milton, OX14 4EH
Received 28 Mar 2022Land adjacent to A338. Also adj. Yew Tree barn, Oxford road, East Hanney, OX12 0HT
Received 29 Apr 2025Perrys Road, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8HS
Received 13 Feb 2023A linear site comprising a corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden including part of the A4130 east of the A34 Milton Interchange, land between Didcot and the former Didcot A Power Station and the Great Western Mainline, land to the north of Didcot where it crosses a private railway sidings and the River Thames to the west of Appleford-on-Thames before joining the A415 west of Culham Station, land to the south of Culham Science Centre through to a connection with the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden
Received 17 Apr 2026Lower Lodge Farm, Charney Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HW
Received 1 Feb 2022Land at Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Former Amey Works, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PP
Received 1 Dec 2023Wellshead Cottage, Wellshead, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HD
Received 26 Jul 202311 Coach Lane, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8AB
Received 22 Nov 202416 Hill View Lane, Wootton, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JT
Received 16 Dec 2024Abingdon Science Park, Monarch House, Barton Lane, Abingdon, OX14 3NB
Received 12 Apr 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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