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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
9,461 approved · 877 refused · 1,015 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
94 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LP
Received 21 Nov 202279 Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LA
Received 14 Apr 2021Chandlers, Halls Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HJ
Received 16 May 2024O/S 31 Badswell Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JN
Received 12 Aug 2025Land South of A415 Marcham, Oxon
Received 15 Nov 2022Waylands, Shrivenham Road, Longcot, FARINGDON, SN7 7TW
Received 9 Jan 2018Land at Former Didcot Power Station, Purchas Road, Didcot
Received 14 Jun 2021Agricultural Buildings, Duxford Farm, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8SQ
Received 3 Aug 2017Bonne Nuit, Main Street, Great Coxwell, SN7 7NB
Received 22 Sept 2023Kiln Lane, Drayton, OX14 4FE
Received 28 Oct 2022Opp 7 Cherry Tree Drive, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6EP
Received 17 May 2023Yatsden, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DG
Received 10 May 20219 North Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NG
Received 17 Oct 2018Tigin Ban, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EU
Received 25 Feb 202534 Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NQ
Received 4 Oct 2023Unit 1 W and G Industrial Estate, Faringdon Road, East Challow, WANTAGE, OX12 9TF
Received 25 Sept 201723-24 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AE
Received 1 Feb 2021The Brown House, Main Street, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7HX
Received 18 Jun 2021Didcot Power Station, Rwe N Power Plc, Didcot Power Station, Didcot, OX11 7HA
Received 11 Aug 2025The Dower House, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JY
Received 7 Jun 20214 Kiln Lane, Drayton, ABINGDON, OX14 4FE
Received 13 Dec 2017Valley Farm House, Cumnor Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NS
Received 10 Aug 202165 Warmans Close Wantage OX12 9XT
Received 28 Aug 20267 Rimes Close, Kingston Bagpuize, ABINGDON, OX13 5AL
Received 17 Mar 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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