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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.
8,416 approved · 804 refused · 903 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Mar 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodbridge House, Old Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JQ
Received 17 Apr 20256A London Street, Faringdon, SN7 7AA
Received 9 Feb 2023Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 14 Nov 2024105 Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1NN
Received 10 Jun 2024Monks Farm, Grove
Received 9 Feb 2026Fitzharrys School, Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1NP
Received 3 Nov 2022166 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HP
Received 18 Aug 2021Broomfield, Hamels Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DJ
Received 19 Nov 201858 Gloucester Street, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7HY
Received 3 May 2022Manor Farm, Hanney Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AN
Received 3 Apr 2018Frilford Service Station, Frilford Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6QL
Received 9 Aug 2022Smiths, 23 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BB
Received 18 Jan 2019St Aidan's Cemetery, Cat Street, East Hendred, Oxon, OX12 8JT
Received 14 Mar 20225 Charlton Road, Wantage, OX12 8EP
Received 26 Jun 2023Alfredian Park, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8DW
Received 15 Feb 2024St Josephs, 12 Newbury Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LG
Received 15 Sept 2025Hillfield, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QU
Received 14 Jul 2022Manor Farm, Mill Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NZ
Received 27 Aug 20255 Duffield Close, Abingdon, OX14 2RS
Received 23 Feb 2023Woodland Farm, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 6 Feb 202344-45, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8PY
Received 5 Jun 2023Land North of Summertown, East Hanney
Received 4 Sept 2023Land to the north west of Radley, Radley
Received 14 Jun 20233 Henleys Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HU
Received 9 Nov 2022Records 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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