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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
9,575 approved · 893 refused · 1,021 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Laurels, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Oxfordshire, OX13 5AF
Received 5 Oct 2017Orchard Lea, Bayworth Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DF
Received 7 Mar 2022Oakleigh, Millway Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LB
Received 20 Aug 202432 High Street, Drayton, ABINGDON, OX14 4JW
Received 15 Nov 2017Middle Green Farm, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 7QE
Received 10 Apr 2018Poplar Corner, Lower Wootton, Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JL
Received 7 May 2021The Paddocks, Vineyard, Abingdon, OX14 3PG
Received 10 Jun 2021Milton Heights, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4DR
Received 4 Nov 2025Land at Manor Farm, Drayton
Received 4 Sept 2017Pennyhooks Farm, Shrivenham, SN6 8EX
Received 28 Mar 2024Tudor Cottage, London Road, Blewbury, DIDCOT, OX11 9NY
Received 13 Feb 201899 Poplar Grove, Kennington, OXFORD, OX1 5QR
Received 28 Feb 2018Home Farm House, 21 School Lane, Milton, ABINGDON, OX14 4EH
Received 13 Mar 201811 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JL
Received 28 Jun 202158 Hilliat Fields, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JF
Received 3 Aug 20222 Bostock Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1DW
Received 11 Apr 201815 Arthray Road, OXFORD, OX2 9AA
Received 31 Aug 201722 Black Croft, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9EX
Received 23 Apr 2018Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 18 Aug 2023Robin House Locks Lane Wantage OX12 9DB
Received 31 Mar 2026Faringdon Junior School, Gloucester Street, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7HZ
Received 11 Feb 2022Frilford Farm, Unit 1, Hinton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EA
Received 28 Oct 202122 Links Road Kennington Oxford OX1 5RU
Received 11 Jun 2026Hall Place, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 3 Sept 2025Records 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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