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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
9,524 approved · 885 refused · 1,018 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
44 Gilligans Way Faringdon SN7 7FX
Received 2 Apr 2026Nancekuke, Church Street, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PA
Received 18 May 2022Corn Exchange, Gloucester Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JA
Received 27 Feb 2024Albert Park, Abingdon, OX14 1DG
Received 2 Sept 2024.Land East of The Acre, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HX
Received 24 Apr 2018Mill Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NP
Received 28 Jun 20233 John Morris Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HN
Received 10 Nov 2025Orchard Way, Harwell, OX11 0LH
Received 6 Sept 2021Wheelwrights Yard & Rose Cottage, Buckland, Oxfordshire, SN7 8QS
Received 15 Feb 20181 Whitelock Road, Abingdon, OX14 1NZ
Received 9 Nov 202144 Stonhouse Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3AG
Received 4 Nov 2021Little Lane Orchard, 95 The Causeway, Steventon, ABINGDON, OX13 6SJ
Received 1 Feb 201843 Boxhill Road, Abingdon, OX14 2ET
Received 28 Mar 202411 Haines Court, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6PN
Received 22 Oct 2024May Tree Cottage, 21 Manor Lane, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AD
Received 3 Feb 2022Land Off Grove Road,, Wantage, OX12 7DR
Received 25 Jan 20217 Raven Way, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8FU
Received 14 Jun 202424 Norrey's Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PT
Received 4 Jun 2024Springhill, Longworth, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5HL
Received 15 Jul 2025Lowerfield Farm, Lower Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HU
Received 17 Aug 2023Land at Volunteer Way, Faringdon
Received 22 Jan 2019Wyevale Garden Centre, Southern Bypass, OXFORD, OX1 5AR
Received 15 Aug 201719 Cumnor Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HD
Received 24 Jul 2023Frilford Service Station, Frilford Road (A415), Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 6QL
Received 16 Aug 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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