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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.
8,465 approved · 805 refused · 905 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Smiths Hill Farm, Smiths Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LX
Received 21 Sept 2023Threeways, Woolstone Corner, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RF
Received 15 Jul 2022Cutts End Cottage, Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 29 Aug 20233 Windmill Place, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RT
Received 6 Jun 2024The Beeches, England's Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JF
Received 20 May 202110 Cherry Tree Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7NG
Received 11 Apr 2023OS 56 Hamfield, Wantage, OX12 9EQ
Received 27 Jan 202517 Greenheart Way, Kingston Bagpuize
Received 15 Nov 201813 Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DF
Received 15 Nov 2023Pentreen, Stream Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JG
Received 21 Mar 2024Car Park east of Building R106, Road Eight, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0RA
Received 24 Oct 2023Hills Yard Buscot Faringdon SN7 8BY
Received 30 Mar 2026Hazelwood, Main Street, East Hanney, OX12 0JF
Received 30 May 2018Linden House, 20 Market Place, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7HU
Received 19 Apr 2018Coppice Barn, Home Farm, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8RG
Received 12 May 2021Leylands, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8AQ
Received 20 Jun 20255 Longcot Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AL
Received 9 May 202315 Yarnells Road, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 0JY
Received 31 Aug 2021The Old Farm House, Northcourt Lane, Abingdon, OX14 1PN
Received 29 Jun 2023Mill Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NP
Received 17 Feb 2025Former Parklands School, Besselsleigh, Oxford
Received 18 Mar 2019Gainfield Farm, Gainfield, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QH
Received 6 Aug 2018Appletree Cottage, High Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RP
Received 3 Dec 2021Cemetery At, Cat Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JT
Received 18 May 2023Records 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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