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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.
8,660 approved · 819 refused · 921 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Old Wharf House, Majors Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TR
Received 8 Oct 2024Winterslow Cottage, Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DZ
Received 6 Oct 2021Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, SN7 8HQ
Received 19 Oct 2021Unit 10, Cross Trees Farm, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4AR
Received 27 Nov 2018Kingsgrove Cafe, Elder Way, Wantage, OX12 7FX
Received 6 Apr 202322 Grandy Crescent, Milton, Abingdon, OX13 6GL
Received 15 Mar 2021Zeus Building Units 6 to 10, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, south of Thomson Ave & East 8th st, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QG
Received 15 Oct 2021Land between A34 Milton Interchange, and B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 14 Jan 2026Care Home site, Centre West Phase, Kingsgrove
Received 1 Dec 2022Hitchcopse Farm, Cothill Road, Cothill, Abingdon, OX13 6QQ
Received 29 Oct 2021Orchard Farmhouse, Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 19 Sept 2024Lark Rise, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NP
Received 23 Jul 2024School Of St Helen & St Katharine, Faringdon Road, Abingdon, OX14 1BE
Received 20 Jul 20225 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PT
Received 3 Aug 202126 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4NJ
Received 25 Apr 2023Cross Trees 1 Church Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AD
Received 20 Apr 20261 Rose Villas, Faringdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AQ
Received 28 Jun 202137 Hutchcomb Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9HL
Received 6 Mar 2025Bow Farm, Bow Road, Stanford in the Vale, FARINGDON, SN7 8JB
Received 1 Feb 2018Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 31 Oct 2022Parcel 4Ta (Bluebell Rise), Valley Park Didcot
Received 5 Oct 2026The Grange, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8JQ
Received 16 Mar 2022Horseshoe Island, The Cottage, Swinford, Witney, OX29 4DU
Received 17 Dec 2021Land to the north west of Buckland Road, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0ES
Received 25 Jun 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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