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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
9,481 approved · 881 refused · 1,016 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dry Leys, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5HB
Received 2 Sept 2022Land East of Kingston Bagpuize
Received 7 May 2025Braeside, Orchard Close, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JQ
Received 3 Sept 2018Thatcher Cottage, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 13 Mar 2024Parcel P1, Former Grove Airfield, Wantage
Received 21 Nov 201814 The Studio, The Green, Sutton Courtnay, Abingdon, OX14 4AE
Received 8 Dec 2017Middle Green Farm, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 7QE
Received 3 Dec 2021Former Site Of Long Reach, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DW
Received 14 Jul 202211 Holland Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PH
Received 15 Jun 202144 Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PG
Received 29 Jun 2023Monks Farm, Grove
Received 28 Nov 2025Crab Hill, Land north of A417, Wantage, OX12 9FD
Received 8 Jun 2023Cromwell House, 41 High Street, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NQ
Received 21 Jan 2019Woodview, Chawley Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PX
Received 12 Feb 2021Public Open Space, Pointer Place, Marcham, OX13 6FN
Received 10 Jul 2023Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 20 May 2025Land South of 2 Bellamy Close, Southmoor, OX13 5AB
Received 23 Feb 2021Land off Longcot Road, Shrivenham
Received 20 Nov 201720 Stonhouse Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AF
Received 22 Apr 2025RM1B Phase 2 Valley Park, Didcot
Received 30 Jan 202674 Farm Road, Abingdon, OX14 1NA
Received 26 Sept 202211-12, Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AB
Received 12 Aug 2022The Orchard, Rear of 1 Hinton Marsh Farm Cottage, SWINDON, SN6 8JJ
Received 30 Jan 201843 Sandford Lane, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RW
Received 29 Nov 2018Records 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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