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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9,407 approved · 874 refused · 1,005 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 14 Dec 2021Land off B4016 Appleford OX14 4PQ
Received 30 Jul 202611 Elm Tree Walk, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LX
Received 29 Jun 2022Land north of A417 and east of Wantage Cricket Club, Wantage, OX12 8PL
Received 19 Mar 2018Heverlee Hinksey Hill Oxford OX1 5BE
Received 1 Jun 2026Torus House, Stert Street, ABINGDON, OX14 3JF
Received 9 Nov 201731 The Quadrant, ABINGDON, OX14 3YS
Received 30 Aug 20174 Meadow Court, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9WQ
Received 11 Oct 20243 Rectory Farm Close, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LR
Received 18 Jan 2019St Hughs School Carswell Manor, Carswell, FARINGDON, SN7 8PT
Received 10 Nov 2017Land south of Civic Square, Crab Hill, Wantage, OX12 7GS
Received 14 Apr 2023The Old Rectory, Unnamed-b4001-single Carriageway (41608873), Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UP
Received 4 Aug 2025Ridgeway House, Idstone, Swindon, SN6 8LL
Received 5 Jul 20237 Manor Close Appleford Abingdon OX14 4NZ
Received 7 Oct 2026Daisy Cottage, Church Row, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UT
Received 17 Feb 2026Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FA
Received 5 Jul 202117 Bow Bank, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ER
Received 18 Jul 201829 Harlington Avenue, Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7NQ
Received 23 Feb 2018Monks Farm Phase 1B, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 15 Apr 2024O/S 6 St Marys Green, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1HJ
Received 20 Jun 2022The Old Farmyard, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LG
Received 20 Mar 2024Devonway, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EU
Received 14 Oct 2025The Old Rectory, 29 Section Of B4019 Running Through Coleshill, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 26 Jan 2026Hardwell Farm, Road Through Knighton, Knighton, Swindon, SN6 8NT
Received 30 Sept 2026Records 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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