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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
9,605 approved · 894 refused · 1,021 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Thatched House, Stanton Road, Oxford, OX2 9AY
Received 11 Oct 2023Land to the rear of Riversdale, Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PP
Received 2 Feb 202614 North Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QN
Received 30 Sept 20219A Cumnor Rise Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9HD
Received 4 Jun 2018Stable House, 16 Jennings Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EP
Received 15 Oct 2021The Old Chequers, Wantage Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LD
Received 3 Jan 2023Church House, 2 Priory Road, Wantage, OX12 9DD
Received 25 Oct 2021Chapmans, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PG
Received 13 Nov 201843 Limetrees, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0HY
Received 8 Jul 2022Wagon And Horses, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BG
Received 21 Sept 2023Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 25 Jun 20252 Cornmarket, FARINGDON, SN7 7HG
Received 3 Aug 2017Millbrook House, High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EL
Received 8 Apr 2025The Guildhall, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 11 Apr 2024Coulings Orchard Lane East Hendred Wantage OX12 8JW
Received 15 Jun 202680 Abingdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QW
Received 4 Apr 201825 Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NN
Received 14 Dec 202369 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4JW
Received 28 Mar 201997 The Causeway, Steventon, ABINGDON, OX13 6SJ
Received 18 Apr 20181 St Michaels Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1DR
Received 30 Jul 202585 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LA
Received 31 Jan 2019School House Field, Broadway, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7QH
Received 12 Jan 2023The Woodyard, Hatford, Faringdon, SN7 8JE
Received 3 Aug 2021Cleycourt Manor, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HZ
Received 25 Oct 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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