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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.
8,151 approved · 793 refused · 891 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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69 Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6JQ
Received 29 Jul 2022Outside Forthay, Faringdon Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1BG
Received 15 May 202317 Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DA
Received 12 Oct 2018Charity School House, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 2 Jun 2023Pusey Home Farm, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QB
Received 8 Jul 202412 Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EE
Received 11 Apr 2022Kwetu, Ham Road, WANTAGE, OX12 9EE
Received 3 Oct 2018Swan House, Swan Lane, Faringdon, SN7 7AF
Received 24 Sept 20229 Kirk Close, Kennington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5PX
Received 31 Mar 2023Land at Bridge Farm Quarry, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PP
Received 22 Jun 2018Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Science And Innovation Campus, Road Thirteen, Didcot, OX11 0RD
Received 16 Jun 2025Lady Place Estate, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4FB
Received 20 Sept 202118 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BD
Received 29 Aug 2024The Villa, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LP
Received 15 Aug 2023Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 7 Apr 2025Mole House, Road Running through Woolstone Village, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QL
Received 26 Oct 201832 Foliat Drive, Wantage, OX12 7AN
Received 18 Aug 2023Poachers Cottage, Green Lane, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7SA
Received 6 Aug 2021Manor Farm, Garford, Oxford, OX13 5PB
Received 10 Jan 2022Valley Park, Didcot
Received 28 Aug 2024Land Off, Harris's Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EX
Received 8 Nov 2021Warren Down House, Holborn Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LR
Received 9 Aug 2018Land north of, Copenhagen Drive, abingdon, OX14 1RF
Received 13 Feb 2026Stonehill Farm (Riding School), Stonehill, Drayton, OX14 4AA
Received 24 Nov 2022Records 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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