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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.
6,717 approved · 664 refused · 756 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Mill Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NP
Received 2 Apr 202434 Bury Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QY
Received 29 Apr 2021Windwhistle, Hanney Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AW
Received 27 Nov 2023O/S 170 Oxford Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2AE
Received 21 Apr 2023Junction of A4130 Milton Road, and Sir frank Williams Avenue, Didcot, OX14 4TX
Received 20 May 2022The Old Maltings, Vineyard, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3UG
Received 28 Oct 202227 Parklands, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5PN
Received 24 May 20232 Combes Close, Coach Lane, Faringdon, SN7 8SR
Received 30 Mar 2023Downside Farm Woodway Road Blewbury Didcot OX11 9EX
Received 19 Aug 2026Harwell Campus, Land North of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, OX11 0GD
Received 19 May 202245 Hendred Way, Abingdon, OX14 2AW
Received 13 Aug 202452 Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DX
Received 3 Dec 202416 Church Street, Faringdon, SN7 8AD
Received 23 Jun 20235 Hadrian Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8FH
Received 26 May 202128 Larkdown, Wantage, OX12 8HE
Received 24 Jun 2022Land east of Building R106 and north of Road Eight., Road Eight, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0RA
Received 6 Nov 2023Cleveland Farm House, Shrivenham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TW
Received 27 Mar 202618 Cherry Tree Close, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BE
Received 23 Feb 20231 Alfred Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8AN
Received 27 Jul 2021Franklin House, 6 Parsonage Close, Charlton, Wantage, OX12 7HP
Received 20 Mar 20262 The Green, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SD
Received 23 Mar 2023101 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9JR
Received 7 Oct 2024Manor Farm, North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 13 Dec 2024Land West Of Road 12, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 15 Feb 2022Records 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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