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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.
6,346 approved · 634 refused · 720 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Telephone Exchange Site, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 11 Mar 202232 Galley Field, Abingdon, OX14 3RT
Received 24 Jan 2022The Smelting Yard, Station Road, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8JL
Received 31 Aug 2022St Andrews Vicarage, High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AN
Received 18 Mar 202632 Home Close, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DD
Received 10 Dec 2025Blue Boar Ph, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 9 Sept 2025Sutton Wick Site Office, Former Sutton Wick landfill, South of Bassett Lane, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4HB
Received 26 May 2023Stanford Primary School, High Street, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LH
Received 28 Mar 202457 Baker Road, Abingdon, OX14 5LJ
Received 2 Jul 2021Land adjacent to 82 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LP
Received 18 Jun 20257-9 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BB
Received 15 Sept 202584 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DH
Received 22 Mar 202459 Berners Way, Faringdon, SN7 7NR
Received 5 Jul 2021Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 5 Apr 202588 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6EB
Received 10 Dec 2025The Birches, Spring Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1AN
Received 19 Jul 2023Wick Cottage, Wick Hall, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3NF
Received 1 Oct 2024Eastfield Farm, Gainfield, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QJ
Received 25 May 202216 Van Diemans, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HN
Received 8 Oct 2021The Byre Kings Lane Longcot Faringdon SN7 7TZ
Received 1 May 202616A Mistletoe Mews, Harwell, OX11 6DB
Received 10 Jan 2023Wolfson House, Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BG
Received 11 Apr 2023Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 18 Jun 2024Radley College, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HR
Received 3 Oct 2024Records 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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