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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.
6,590 approved · 652 refused · 744 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Former Seven Acres Nursery Site, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 12 Jan 2023Trevean, 1A Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AJ
Received 30 Oct 2023Millaway Farm Bungalow, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 7 Sept 202215 Swan Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0QE
Received 14 Jun 2023Pippins, Fieldside, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9HY
Received 13 Mar 2026Busby Cottage, Wantage Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LD
Received 8 May 2023Stone Haven, Bellamy Close, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5AB
Received 30 Aug 2023Land north of Upper Farm Road, Upper Farm Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0TY
Received 6 Oct 20236 Old Nursery View, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NT
Received 19 Feb 2025Deans Farm, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 3 Jan 2023Acaster, 152 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DT
Received 29 May 202210 Marlborough Close, Faringdon, SN7 7BY
Received 25 Apr 2022Wayside, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NB
Received 22 Apr 2025Sutton Courtenay Landfill Site, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PP
Received 2 Mar 20234 Chelsie House, 104 West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9JU
Received 25 Jan 2023Rivendell, Hatford, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8JF
Received 4 Feb 2025Avalon House, 1 Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TZ
Received 22 May 202311 St James Road Radley Abingdon OX14 3AH
Received 18 May 20261 Pond Cottages, Newbury Road, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0PG
Received 12 Apr 2021Woolstone Farm, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QL
Received 29 Sept 2025Hafod Horn Lane East Hendred Wantage OX12 8LD
Received 21 Apr 2026Spring Road Cemetery, Spring Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AZ
Received 25 Feb 202558 Harcourt Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, OX12 7ES
Received 23 Oct 2024Swannybrook Farm, Abingdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5NE
Received 2 Nov 2021Records 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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