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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9,461 approved · 877 refused · 1,015 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mill Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NP
Received 13 Apr 201817 Stone Close, Oxford, OX2 9SQ
Received 31 Aug 202126 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AX
Received 20 Aug 2024Manor Farm, Church Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SN
Received 9 Jun 2023Henwood Farmhouse, Henwood, Wootton, Boars Hill, OX1 5JX
Received 15 May 2023Malthouse, High Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RP
Received 3 Jul 2018Aldi, Wootton Road, Abingdon-on-Thames
Received 4 Mar 2022Former Post Office, Broad Street, Uffington, FARINGDON, SN7 7RA
Received 24 Oct 201756 Mayfield Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7ND
Received 9 Feb 2022Bayllols Manor, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EY
Received 24 Jul 2025Chalk Hill, Main Street, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RZ
Received 28 Jun 2023The Old Rectory Childrey Wantage OX12 9UP
Received 1 Jul 2026National Trust Estate Yard, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PT
Received 22 Feb 20234 Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DS
Received 25 Sept 2023164 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LR
Received 19 Jul 2023The Vicarage, 231 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxfordshire
Received 26 Jul 2017The White Hart, Main Road, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LW
Received 21 Aug 2024Lacies Court, 74 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 1EB
Received 8 May 2018Land off Grove Road, Grove Road, Wantage, OX12 7DR
Received 17 May 2021Curtoys, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 7 Sept 201829 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AJ
Received 26 Jan 2021Simon Hegele Logistics and Service Limited, Building 120, Didcot Quarter, OXFORD, OX14 4TA
Received 2 Aug 202110 West Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UJ
Received 11 Jul 2022160 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PJ
Received 19 May 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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