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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.
6,693 approved · 660 refused · 754 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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26 Church Street, Faringdon, SN7 8AD
Received 15 Nov 2021Land adjacent to Fairview Cottage, Haremore Farm, Faringdon, SN7 8PN
Received 4 May 202360 Hanson Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1YL
Received 16 Sept 2021Furzewick Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8NG
Received 6 Oct 2025Goose Willow Farm Hanney Road Steventon Abingdon OX13 6AP
Received 5 May 2026447578 x 190547 The Horse chestnut tree is located of Abingdon Road of a byway lane north of the Milton Hill site the Tree is standing 40 yards down the lane off Abingdon Road. The byway lane leads onto feather bed Lane.
Received 5 Jun 2026European Space Agency Ecsat, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 29 Oct 2021The Cottages, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JY
Received 23 Jan 20232 Coxs Court, High Street, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NQ
Received 31 Jul 2024Hall Place, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 25 Apr 2025Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 8 Feb 2024April House, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 12 Apr 2023Cleve Cottage Chapel Lane Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PQ
Received 7 Aug 2026Jacinta, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LW
Received 2 May 2023Pound House, 21 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 16 Feb 2026Denmans Farm, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NJ
Received 16 Feb 202319 The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RR
Received 1 Apr 2022The Cherry Barn, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EY
Received 23 Jul 20249 Wick Green, Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0AS
Received 13 Mar 20248, 9, 10 The Green, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4AE
Received 27 Sept 202461 Baker Road, Abingdon, OX14 5LJ
Received 15 Apr 2024Youlbury Scout Activity Centre, Youlbury, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HD
Received 15 Jun 2023Land south of Civic Square, Crab Hill, Wantage, OX12 7GS
Received 3 Nov 2025Orchard House, Garford, Abingdon, OX13 5PF
Received 12 Aug 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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