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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.
6,627 approved · 654 refused · 746 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
16, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8DA
Received 9 Feb 2026Birchwood House, Ashfields Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HN
Received 12 Nov 2025Abingdon School, Park Road, Oxfordshire, OX14 1DE
Received 23 Jun 2025The Cottage, Hanney Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HT
Received 9 May 202322 Eaton Village, Eaton, Abingdon, OX13 5PR
Received 29 Mar 2021RM1b - Phase 2, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 15 May 2024Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 11 Apr 202489 Southern Bypass, Botley, OX2 0LJ
Received 11 Jun 2026Frilford Grange Cottage, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NX
Received 13 Apr 202317 Truelocks Way, Wantage, OX12 7EG
Received 1 Aug 2022Former Site Of Bybrook, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8NE
Received 22 Dec 20221 Hill View, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RZ
Received 14 Dec 2021West Barn, Peewit Farm, 95 Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4HB
Received 15 Nov 202170 Abingdon Road Cumnor Oxford OX2 9QW
Received 27 Apr 202660 High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QD
Received 21 Aug 20241 Longfellow Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5PQ
Received 14 Oct 2021Audley Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QW
Received 6 May 2021The Old Orchard, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 7 Sept 20213 Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 4 Feb 202228 Furlongs, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4GE
Received 4 May 2021Pagebank, The Barrow, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HQ
Received 14 Mar 2022Church End House, Church End, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QH
Received 21 Nov 2024Monks Farm Phase 1B, Townsend, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 6 Jul 2023Weir Farm, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JJ
Received 13 Mar 2023Records 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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