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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.
6,500 approved · 648 refused · 737 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Apr 2021 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
19 Manor Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AE
Received 30 Jun 2025Barcote Farm, Barcote Park, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PP
Received 2 Oct 2024Stables northwest of The Manor House, Townsend, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SR
Received 20 Dec 2023Cottage Farm Fields, Cottage Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon
Received 1 Feb 2024100 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BX
Received 4 Jan 20229 Tatlings Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AT
Received 16 May 20228 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DZ
Received 3 Oct 202213 Bostock Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DP
Received 30 Apr 202112 Coates Close Wantage OX12 8GH
Received 8 Apr 2026Ham Lodge, Ickleston Road, Wantage, OX12 9JA
Received 1 Aug 2023St Michaels's, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 6 Oct 2025Atwood House, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NH
Received 19 Jan 2024The Gables, Winterborne Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AJ
Received 19 Apr 2024East Cottage, Stanford Road, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QL
Received 19 Jan 2022Overbrook Cottage, Bullockspit Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HJ
Received 25 Jul 2023Holywell House, Fernham Road, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7PU
Received 26 Sept 2023Combes Close, Coach Lane, Faringdon, SN7 8SR
Received 26 Mar 202546 Robsart Place Cumnor Oxford OX2 9QT
Received 1 Jul 2026Highfield House, Church Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DX
Received 4 Nov 2024212 Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX13 6RN
Received 9 Apr 2024Manor Farm, Kingston Lisle Park, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QQ
Received 26 Mar 2026Station Rd, Butts Rd, Sand View, Meadow Way, Marines Drive, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7BN
Received 7 Nov 2022Home Farm, Church Street, Shellingford, SN7 7QA
Received 29 Nov 20243 Sandford Lane Kennington Oxford OX1 5RW
Received 9 Sept 2026Records 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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