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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.
6,761 approved · 669 refused · 763 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 9 Apr 2026Abingdon School, Park Lodge, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 11 Sept 2024132 Cumnor Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JR
Received 22 Aug 2023Land south of Halls Close, Drayton, OX14 4LU
Received 11 May 2023Beechcroft, Snuggs Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HU
Received 19 Jul 2021Barn to the rear of Priors Court, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 3 Mar 2021Coggs Garden, Section Of A420 Running Through Buckland, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QN
Received 14 Jun 2024Land at Coffin Way Coffin Way Westbrook Street Blewbury OX11 9QD
Received 18 Aug 202611 Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HH
Received 4 Jul 2025Meliaha, Chapel Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PQ
Received 20 Oct 202168 and 69 Curtis Avenue, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3UN
Received 22 Feb 202310 Market Place / 1 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7HL
Received 29 Oct 20258 Burton Close, Abingdon, OX14 5PY
Received 2 Aug 2024Land West of Abingdon Road, Drayton
Received 14 May 2024The Lintols, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 13 Feb 2023The Old Vicarage, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JP
Received 22 Mar 202423 Crabtree Road, Oxford, OX2 9DU
Received 24 Oct 2023Christ Church, Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PL
Received 29 Nov 202422-26 The Clock House, Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 7 Jan 2026The Coseners House, 15-16 Abbey Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3JD
Received 21 Apr 2021West Lodge, 9 Coxwell Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EB
Received 14 Mar 2023The Punch Bowl, 6 Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HG
Received 28 Nov 2023Stallpits Farm, Stallpits Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BG
Received 18 Oct 2023Land at Stockham Farm, Wantage, OX12 9BQ
Received 7 Feb 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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