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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.
6,754 approved · 667 refused · 762 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barnfield, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PG
Received 7 Oct 202244 Arthray Road, Oxford, OX2 9AB
Received 13 Jan 202638 Storksbill Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5FQ
Received 19 May 2023Yew Tree Cottage, 22 Chapel Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LE
Received 29 Aug 202458A Hadland Road, Abingdon, OX14 3YH
Received 13 Dec 20249 Alfred Street, Wantage, OX12 8AN
Received 29 Nov 20214A West Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PR
Received 24 Aug 2022St Nicholas Church, Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HG
Received 27 Aug 2024Edmonds Pen, Radcot Road, Faringdon, SN7 8DT
Received 9 Feb 2023Greystones, 6 Henwood, Wootton, Boars Hill, OX1 5JX
Received 15 Jun 20232 Ashenden Close, Abingdon, OX14 1QE
Received 24 Sept 2025Morlands, High Street, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DU
Received 9 Sept 2024Unit 13a White Horse Business Park, Ware Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NY
Received 30 Oct 202568 Cumnor Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JP
Received 30 Sept 2025Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 18 Aug 2023The Clock House, 28 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 4 Apr 2025Cottage Farm, Upper Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HY
Received 25 Nov 2022Springhill Farm, Springhill, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HL
Received 6 Apr 2022Longacre, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 7 Oct 2022Coltons, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 12 Mar 2026Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 14 Jan 2026Weir Farm, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JJ
Received 9 Mar 2022Monks Farm, Townsend, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 16 Dec 2021Marcham Road Family Health Centre, Marcham Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1BT
Received 11 Jul 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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