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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9,628 approved · 895 refused · 1,022 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wilcote, High Street, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0EX
Received 17 Jul 202367 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PU
Received 11 Apr 2023Aldi, Wootton Road, Abingdon-on-Thames
Received 27 Jun 2022Gibbs Yard, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DW
Received 2 Jul 20267 The Croft Harwell Didcot OX11 0ED
Received 17 Aug 202610 Hids Copse Road, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 8 Dec 2021Land adjacent to the Boneyard, Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7NN
Received 6 Oct 2022Gems Wantage Primary Academy, Rutherford Road, Wantage, OX12 7GQ
Received 6 Sept 20217 Woodgate Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NF
Received 15 Aug 2023Willow, Barrow Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EA
Received 30 Apr 202112 Oxford Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PJ
Received 18 Feb 2021Church of St Mary, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8RL
Received 5 Dec 2018Village Hall, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LS
Received 28 Jul 2023Longside, Tatham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1QD
Received 17 Oct 201822 Wallingford Street, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8AX
Received 26 Oct 2021Days House, 7 Westcot, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9QB
Received 3 Aug 2017The Poplars, School Lane, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EH
Received 26 Apr 2022Regent Mall, Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8BU
Received 18 Aug 2017VWH004 - PTD Faringdon Close DNS, Faringdon Close Streetworks, Faringdon Close, Adj to the Barracks, OX13 6LR
Received 22 Nov 2017The Old Forge, Main Road, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LN
Received 17 Jun 20211 Eden Croft Abingdon OX14 1QJ
Received 17 Sept 2026Shrublands, Faringdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QY
Received 22 Jun 2018Unit G2 Kingston Business Park Kingston Bagpuize OX13 5FE
Received 26 Jun 2026131 Pinnocks Way, Oxford, OX2 9DF
Received 18 Jun 2018Records 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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