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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Vale of White Horse District Council. Also known as VOWH.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Vale of White Horse website
9,370 approved · 870 refused · 993 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Aug 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 2 Feb 2021Rowlands, Church Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JB
Received 13 Jul 2022Challow House, 68 Warmans Close, Wantage, OX12 9XT
Received 11 Mar 2025Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 27 Mar 2023Hazelbury Grove Farm, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PF
Received 14 Sept 2021Turnpike View, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LW
Received 26 Mar 2026The Cottage, 4 Sheards Lane, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LW
Received 27 Sept 2024Cowleaze Farm, Claypit Lane, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QS
Received 14 Feb 2024Milton Interchange Site, Land fronting A4130 Between Milton Interchange And New Farm, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4TX
Received 19 Jan 2021Charney Manor, Charney Bassett, Oxon, OX12 0EJ
Received 7 Mar 2018126 Lower Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3BA
Received 25 Jan 2019Drayton Vicarage, 8 Gravel Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HY
Received 6 Aug 202410 Town End Road Faringdon SN7 7UP
Received 3 Aug 2026Vermont, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PX
Received 21 Oct 2021Rear of 24 Cherry Tree Drive/Cholswell Road, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6EP
Received 17 May 20238 Blenheim Orchard, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JA
Received 22 Jul 2025Jabrin, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LU
Received 21 Sept 2022Manor Farm, Silver Lane, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TX
Received 15 Dec 2022Rowstock Corner Garage, Abingdon Road, Rowstock, Didcot, OX11 0JW
Received 6 Feb 2023208 The Avenue, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RN
Received 4 Jun 2021Corfe Cottage, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QQ
Received 26 Sept 2022The Cottage, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 2 Jun 2025Laburnum House, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JY
Received 22 Feb 2021Medlar House, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8NF
Received 12 Feb 2021Records 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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