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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.
6,684 approved · 660 refused · 754 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Hidden Brook Oxford Road Frilford Abingdon OX13 5JQ
Received 13 Apr 2026Land south of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7NP
Received 23 Sept 2024Ridgeview, Fawler Road, Uffington
Received 5 Mar 2024Former Control Tower, Land to the North West, Abingdon Airfield
Received 22 Dec 2021Orchard House, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Received 28 May 2021Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 21 Sept 2023land to the north west of car park of the, Red Lion Public House, Chapel Lane, Blewbury, OX11 9QB
Received 30 Jul 20244 Hyde Copse, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6PT
Received 29 Nov 2021Winterbrook Farm, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NL
Received 16 Aug 20221 Dove Court, Swan Lane, Faringdon, SN7 7AB
Received 2 Sept 2021The Long House, Haremore Farm, Faringdon, SN7 8PN
Received 20 Feb 20256 Johnstones, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 18 May 202320 Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NQ
Received 14 Aug 2023OPP Rose Cottage, Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7QA
Received 21 Apr 2023Barn 8, Camden Farm, Radcot Road, Faringdon, SN7 8DY
Received 29 Sept 2021Building 383, Harwell Science And Innovation Campus, Road Thirteen, Didcot, OX11 0RD
Received 15 Oct 202442 Edward Street, Abingdon, OX14 1DL
Received 1 Jul 2025Green Farm, Milton Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SA
Received 16 Dec 2021Land at Northmead Lane, Denchworth, OX12 0DW
Received 27 Aug 2025Land adjacent to 21 Vicarage Road, Steventon, OX13 6SL
Received 16 Dec 202216 Woodlands Brook, Wantage, OX12 8FS
Received 5 Mar 2026Various site across South and Vale, From Clifton Hampden to Milton Exchange, Via Appleford
Received 2 May 2023Timberdown, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JY
Received 13 Feb 202634 Harwell Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BW
Received 19 Jul 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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