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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.
6,327 approved · 632 refused · 717 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Grove Farm, Max Events, Milton Hill, Abingdon, OX14 4DP
Received 9 Jan 202420 Manor Close Shrivenham Swindon SN6 8AE
Received 27 May 202668 Foxborough Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3AB
Received 23 May 2022Land adjacent to 31 Cottage Road, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HX
Received 15 Jul 2021Wrenwood, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DG
Received 14 Dec 2022Monks Farm, Townsend, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 10 May 2022Thrupp Cottage, Barton Lane, Abingdon, OX14 3NE
Received 25 Mar 202539 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LY
Received 27 Nov 2025Brook House, 2 Brook Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AH
Received 4 Jan 202645 The Glebe, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QB
Received 8 Nov 2023Land to the west of Great Western Park (Valley Park), Didcot
Received 19 Dec 20236 Yew Tree Court Kingston Bagpuize Abingdon OX13 5PQ
Received 2 Jun 2026Manor Road Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8NE
Received 23 Jul 2021O/S Sugnell Cottage, Lodge Hill, Abingdon, OX14 2JD
Received 18 Jul 2025Meadow House, Hobbs Hill, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NU
Received 23 Dec 202211 Barbury Drive, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NA
Received 3 Jul 2023Frax House, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AW
Received 20 Sept 2023Mather House, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Received 20 Apr 2022Buttercup Barn, Barcote Pastures, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8JJ
Received 22 Nov 2022Upstones, Berry Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QJ
Received 9 Mar 2022The Plot, North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford
Received 12 May 202575 High Street, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TL
Received 15 Aug 2023Village Hall Cottage, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9QL
Received 12 Oct 202237 Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PL
Received 1 Oct 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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