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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.
8,951 approved · 833 refused · 944 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North of Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenham
Received 14 Aug 202315A High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BB
Received 30 Jan 2026Telephone Exchange, Pusey Furze Wood, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PY
Received 29 Sept 2022Autumn Garth, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EN
Received 8 Jun 2023Tudor House, Stowhill, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9XQ
Received 15 Jan 2019Land at Step Farm, Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7NN
Received 29 May 2025Winterbrook Farm, Bessels Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NL
Received 16 Nov 2023Willowfields Energy Park
Received 18 Dec 20247 Scholar Place, Oxford, OX2 9RD
Received 10 Feb 2021Agricultural Barn, Land at College Farm, Ashbury, SN6 8LF
Received 9 Aug 2021Bayllols Manor, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EY
Received 4 Nov 202518 Longfellow Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5PQ
Received 11 Apr 2023Field View, Canal Farm Lane, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9YQ
Received 17 May 2023Greens Farmhouse, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NG
Received 20 Jan 2023Pollards, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 9 Oct 202313 Norwood Avenue, Southmoor, ABINGDON, OX13 5AD
Received 28 Mar 2018Beech House, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, OXFORD, OX1 5DL
Received 1 Dec 2017Lodge Farm House, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QD
Received 28 Apr 202319 Arthray Road, Oxford, OX2 9AA
Received 8 Feb 2021Hyde Farm, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 7QE
Received 15 Jan 2019Sparsholt House, Sparsholt Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 26 Nov 2021Hartford Greys, Sandy Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HN
Received 4 Jul 2025Furlong Cottage, Ford Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JX
Received 16 Dec 2024Land at former Didcot A Power Station Didcot Oxfordshire Didcot OX11 7HA
Received 6 Oct 2026Records 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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