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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.
6,612 approved · 653 refused · 746 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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7 Turners Close, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3BJ
Received 9 Jan 2023Land south east of Diamond Synchrotron, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE
Received 15 Dec 202230 Wytham View, Oxford, OX2 9SP
Received 1 Oct 20242 Rose Villas, Faringdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AQ
Received 28 Apr 20211 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JL
Received 1 Apr 2025BT Telephone Exchange, Wantage Road, Rowstock, OX11 0JU
Received 19 Jun 2023Land to the South of Hanney Road, Cow Common, OX13 6AP
Received 21 May 2024Willowbank Charlton Village Road Charlton Wantage OX12 7HQ
Received 19 Sept 202624 Ormond Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8DZ
Received 2 Mar 2022Land in Suffolk Way, Abingdon, OX14 5JX
Received 7 Nov 20236 Pointer Place, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6FQ
Received 19 Jun 202429 Mons Way, Abingdon, OX14 1NJ
Received 6 Oct 2022Manor Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NN
Received 29 Nov 2024Wootton Business Park, Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6FD
Received 26 Mar 2026The Stables, Oxford Road, Farmoor, Cumnor, OX2 9NN
Received 11 Jul 2025Blenheim Villa, Burr Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DT
Received 1 Nov 20219 Broadwater Place, Wantage, OX12 8GR
Received 29 Jun 20231 The Quadrant, Abingdon, OX14 3YS
Received 8 Nov 2022Appleton Manor Eaton Road Appleton Abingdon OX13 5JR
Received 10 Aug 2026Keepers Cottage, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QB
Received 5 Mar 20247 Berens Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EG
Received 8 Jan 2026New Barn Farm, Hatford, Faringdon, SN7 8JE
Received 22 Oct 2025Former agricultural field adjacent to Cottage Road and Farin
Received 13 Feb 2026Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, FARINGDON, SN7 8HQ
Received 1 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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