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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.
7,931 approved · 779 refused · 877 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 adjoining 3 Furlongs, Drayton, Oxon
Received 10 Oct 20249 Delamare Way, Oxford, OX2 9HZ
Received 26 Jan 2026land known as Lakeview, Baulking Lane, Baulking, Oxon, SN7 8NR
Received 9 Feb 202392 Park Drive, Milton Park, Milton, ABINGDON, OX14 4RY
Received 3 Jan 2024Abners Church Road Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PY
Received 30 Jun 2026146 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PW
Received 29 Mar 2023Truelocks Farm, 52 Charlton Village Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7HQ
Received 14 Jul 2022Northwest of Premier Inn, South Didcot Hotel, South of A4130, East of Milton Interchange roundabout
Received 25 Jun 2025Rough Lea, The Ridgeway, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EZ
Received 14 Dec 2018Lower Idstone Farm Idstone Swindon SN6 8LL
Received 22 Jul 2026The Willows, Packers Lane, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RT
Received 16 Nov 2025120 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PE
Received 14 Oct 202117 Idstone Road, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LP
Received 24 Jan 2025The Blowing Stone, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QL
Received 24 Feb 2023Central Park, Crab Hill, Wantage, OX12 7GN
Received 7 Jun 202354 London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 16 Aug 20213 Laburnum Road, Botley, OX2 9EL
Received 17 Aug 20232 Old Manor Farm Cottages, Road Between Lower Bourton And Manor Farm, Lower Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HX
Received 11 Feb 2025Manor Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NN
Received 29 Nov 2024Box Cottage, Broadbrook Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PJ
Received 17 Jun 2024Pewit Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8LY
Received 27 Feb 2023Kingston Bagpuize Business Park, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AS
Received 15 Sept 2022Blewburton Barns, Hagbourne Road, Aston Upthorpe, Didcot, OX11 9EE
Received 25 Jul 2018Jordans, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QW
Received 4 Oct 2024Records 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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