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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
9,428 approved · 875 refused · 1,007 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Science And Innovation Campus, Road Thirteen, Didcot, OX11 0RD
Received 20 Nov 202465 Sellwood Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1PG
Received 21 Dec 201832 Eastfields, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NS
Received 16 Mar 2021Medlar Cottage, Faringdon Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AJ
Received 24 Jun 2021Land to the north of the Meads, West Hanney
Received 5 Jul 2018Brook House, High Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RX
Received 28 Jul 20212 Chilton Close, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2AP
Received 30 Jan 202431 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AH
Received 5 May 2022Elm Cottage, Springhill, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HL
Received 25 Oct 20235 Collinsmith Drive, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LY
Received 10 May 2024Cottage Farm, Upper Green, Stanford In The Vale, SN7 8HY
Received 19 Sept 2024Lodge Farm House, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QD
Received 31 Jul 2024Letcombe Bowers Farm, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9NG
Received 19 Jan 2018Site Of St Michaels, Spring Copse, Oxford, OX1 5BJ
Received 10 Feb 202244 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 29 Sept 202118 Chequers End, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0FZ
Received 16 Jan 2026Former Grove Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road
Received 22 Feb 20189 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BS
Received 27 Mar 2019Broadis Cottage, Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 15 Mar 2023Glenwood, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QS
Received 15 Jan 2018Caspian Valley Farm Barns, Cumnor Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NS
Received 16 Sept 2024Old School House & No. 44 School Lane, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 14 Oct 2024The Charity School House Church Road Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PY
Received 7 Sept 20264 Jacksmeadow, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7GN
Received 31 Mar 2023Records 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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