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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.
7,362 approved · 723 refused · 829 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 2018 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Oldfield Farm, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 8NR
Received 27 Oct 2022Lark Rise, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NP
Received 5 Sept 202443 Edward Street Abingdon OX14 1DJ
Received 21 Aug 2026The Shepherds Cottage, 2 Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PP
Received 17 May 202174 Farm Road, Abingdon, OX14 1NA
Received 9 Apr 2024Former Seven Acres Nursery Site, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale
Received 4 Mar 2024Orchard House 2 Petypher Gardens Kingston Bagpuize Abingdon OX13 5FR
Received 4 Jun 2026O/S 8 Chapel Way, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UU
Received 2 Jan 2024Chapel Cottage Main Street East Hanney Wantage OX12 0HX
Received 1 May 2026Wantage Motorist Centre, 1 Hans Avenue, Wantage, OX12 7DB
Received 4 Nov 2025Unit 161 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 8 Aug 202328 Larkhill Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BL
Received 21 May 2025White House, The Green, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HQ
Received 11 Dec 2025Folly Park, Off Park Road & Stanford Road, Faringdon, SN7 8SJ
Received 30 Jan 201942 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BE
Received 2 Jul 2021Parsonage House, 11 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JL
Received 20 Sept 2022Home Farm, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8JF
Received 11 Mar 2022OS 61 Oxford Road, OPP 63 Oxford Road, Abingdon
Received 14 Dec 2023Parcel CC1, Grove Airfield, Wantage
Received 5 Nov 2018Letcombe Bowers Farm, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9NG
Received 16 Feb 2023Wellclose, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8QN
Received 10 Aug 20211 Wheelwright Court, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QA
Received 28 Nov 2018Village Hall, Road Between Idstone Road And Ashbury, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 4 Mar 202192 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RY
Received 5 Jun 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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