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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
9,407 approved · 874 refused · 1,005 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 the A415, Marcham
Received 20 Feb 20244 The Park, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QS
Received 23 Oct 2024Matthew Arnold County Secondary School, Arnolds Way, Cumnor, OX2 9JE
Received 7 Jun 20184A Fennel Way, Abingdon, OX14 3TL
Received 16 Jun 202110 Hendred Way, Abingdon, OX14 2AN
Received 23 Aug 2021Yew Tree House, The Cloisters, Wantage, OX12 8AQ
Received 3 Apr 2023Cambridge Villa, 57 Mill Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9AB
Received 25 Nov 2021Skippets Stables, Mobile Home, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 10 Jun 2025Rosewood House, Church Lane, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4BL
Received 8 Feb 202139, East Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 8QD
Received 17 Nov 2025Land North of Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA
Received 8 Mar 2019Land between A34 Milton Interchange, and B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 6 Feb 2026Autumn Leaves, High Street, Upton, DIDCOT, OX11 9JE
Received 2 Aug 2017Land between Red Copse Lane and Chilswell Lane, Boars Hill
Received 13 Apr 2018Drayton Park Golf Club, Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LA
Received 16 Sept 2021Newlands, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NN
Received 20 Dec 202110 Willes Close, FARINGDON, SN7 7DU
Received 14 Dec 20173 Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 24 May 2018Former Seven Acres Nursery Site, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale
Received 13 Feb 202513 White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Received 5 Mar 2026Gorse House, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LG
Received 20 Mar 2024Stanton, Gainfield, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QQ
Received 10 Mar 2022Former Hills Nurseries, Appleton Common, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5QN
Received 13 Mar 2018Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 25 Jan 2024Records 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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