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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
9,628 approved · 895 refused · 1,022 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jun 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hollen House, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QN
Received 7 Nov 20245 Lyon Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1PT
Received 31 Aug 2018The Barn at The Laurels, Broad Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RA
Received 10 Nov 2017Symonds Farm, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 27 Jul 2021Fairstead, Old Manor Court, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JL
Received 9 Feb 202413 Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QH
Received 27 Jul 2022Glebe House, High Street, Childrey, WANTAGE, OX12 9UA
Received 9 Feb 2018Winslow Hall (No. 47), Newbury Street, WANTAGE, OX12 8DJ
Received 10 May 201861 The Motte, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3NZ
Received 26 Jan 20222 Pinnocks Way, Oxford, OX2 9DG
Received 24 Mar 2025Meadow Cottage, Carswell Marsh, Faringdon, SN7 8JN
Received 11 Mar 202144 Bigwood Park, Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2LL
Received 8 Feb 2022Woodland Farm, Appleton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EF
Received 24 Aug 202364 Swinburne Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HE
Received 27 Jun 2022171-173 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PL
Received 23 Jan 2019Humfreys London Road Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PB
Received 14 Apr 202615-16 Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 2 Oct 202368 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HH
Received 13 Nov 2017Eastbrook, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 16 Aug 202517 White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Received 5 Apr 2024Bybrook, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8NE
Received 1 Feb 202212 Sweetmans Road, Oxford, OX2 9BA
Received 17 Nov 2024West House, Church Hill, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SH
Received 6 Feb 2024Brook Cottage, Bassett Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LJ
Received 12 Jun 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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