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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.
8,814 approved · 824 refused · 930 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Dec 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Watchfield, Swindon, SN6
Received 19 Nov 201826 Gloucester Street, Faringdon, SN7 7HY
Received 8 Mar 20224 Spa Street, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0TX
Received 29 May 2018Land at Grove Road Grove
Received 14 Apr 20263 Linch Farm, Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QP
Received 26 Jan 2024Faringdon Quarry, Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7LG
Received 21 Jul 20229 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NZ
Received 5 Nov 2024Westminster House 3 Westminster Court Barcote Park Buckland Faringdon SN7 8PP
Received 21 Jul 2026Milward, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 28 Jan 2022Red Kite House, 8 Talbot Close, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0FB
Received 11 Sept 202464 Mill Road, Abingdon, OX14 5NZ
Received 12 Jan 2022Staniland Court, Harcourt Way, Abingdon, OX14 1QZ
Received 9 Jan 2026Clovelly House, 59 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DJ
Received 9 Jun 2025Land at Fallowfields Hotel, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, OX13 5BH
Received 8 Jun 2018Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7NP
Received 13 Sept 2023The Barn, High Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JE
Received 14 Aug 2018Grove Park Lodge, Grove Park Drive, Lockinge, WANTAGE, OX12 0DH
Received 16 Nov 2018Avon Road, Chilton, OX11 0TX
Received 23 Jan 2024Walnut Cottage, 199 Cothill Road, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JW
Received 1 Apr 2021Nayland Croft, Rectory Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DZ
Received 4 Feb 20263 Longcot Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AL
Received 9 Mar 2023Land at Honeybottom Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon
Received 21 Mar 20251 Lechlade Road Faringdon SN7 8AL
Received 20 Jul 2026R114, Land north of Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA
Received 4 Apr 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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