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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.
8,573 approved · 814 refused · 915 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Nags Head, Bridge Street, Abingdon, OX14 3HX
Received 6 Aug 2021Shrivenham Wharf Station Road Shrivenham Swindon SN6 8JL
Received 10 Jul 2026Hare House, Road Running Through Goosey, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 1 Aug 202546-48 The Thatched Cottage Lower Radley Abingdon OX14 3AY
Received 18 May 2026Fresden Field, Land East Of Fresden Barn, Highworth, Swindon
Received 15 Jun 2022Wantage Leisure Centre, Portway, Wantage, OX12 9BY
Received 15 Jul 202416 Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NQ
Received 17 Jan 201911 Prince Grove, Abingdon, OX14 1XE
Received 12 Aug 20229 King Street, Faringdon, SN7 7LS
Received 12 May 2023The Old Rectory, 29, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 5 Apr 2022Laundry Cottage Road Running South From Woolstone To Woolstone Wells Woolstone Faringdon SN7 7QL
Received 26 Aug 2026Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 15 May 2018Northfield Farm Challow Faringdon SN7 8NT
Received 11 Aug 2026The Old Farm House, Northcourt Lane, Abingdon, OX14 1PN
Received 1 Aug 202486 Whittington Crescent, Wantage, OX12 9TZ
Received 16 Mar 2026Dunmore Leisure Centre, Dunmore Farm, Abingdon, OX13 6BH
Received 14 Mar 202317 Chaunterell Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5PP
Received 25 Jan 20223 Chestnut Road, Oxford, OX2 9EA
Received 24 Aug 2023Land At Steeds Farm, Coxwell Road, Faringdon
Received 20 Apr 2022Frilford Grange, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NX
Received 1 Apr 2022Henwood Farmhouse, Henwood, Wootton, Boars Hill, OX1 5JX
Received 20 Jul 2021Tigin Ban, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EU
Received 4 Jan 202429 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 13 Oct 202575 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HX
Received 20 Dec 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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