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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.
7,418 approved · 726 refused · 834 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Oct 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Bridge Farm Quarry Bridge Farm Quarry Sutton Courtenay OX14 4PP
Received 1 Apr 2026Land North West of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Received 27 Mar 2023Land South of Halls Close, Drayton
Received 15 May 2023Meadow View, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DW
Received 16 Apr 202517 Road Running Through Wytham Wytham Oxford OX2 8QA
Received 26 Jun 2026Land at Cowleaze Farm, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 8LB
Received 5 Nov 2024Old Farmhouse, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 19 Feb 202117 Bow Bank, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ER
Received 13 Jul 2023Land to the rear of 10 Halls Close, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LU
Received 28 Nov 2018End House, Church Road, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8SE
Received 15 Oct 202136 Sandleigh Road, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6DP
Received 18 Jun 202551A High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AT
Received 31 Mar 202218 Winterborne Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AJ
Received 30 Jan 2026Barn 2, Oldfield Farm, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 8NR
Received 25 Mar 201914 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DA
Received 15 May 2023Land south of Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 3 Jul 2025Westfield House 23 High Street Cumnor Oxford OX2 9PE
Received 31 Jul 202625 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU
Received 28 Feb 20223 The Paddocks, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6FU
Received 8 Dec 202358 Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4FB
Received 17 Jan 2019Bridge Farm Quarry, Sutton Courtney, OX14 4PP
Received 3 Jan 2023Home Farm, Shellingford, Faringdon
Received 5 Dec 2025Bridge Barn, Main Road, Appleford, OX14 4NU
Received 12 Jan 2022Pear Tree Cottage Little Coxwell Faringdon SN7 7LW
Received 20 Jul 2026Records 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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