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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
9,638 approved · 896 refused · 1,022 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Site Of Greensands, Reading Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JE
Received 25 Oct 2022Appletree Cottage, 5 Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NG
Received 15 Jan 2026Rowstock Corner Garage, Abingdon Road, Rowstock, Didcot, OX11 0JW
Received 13 Aug 2018East Paddocks, Milton Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4EF
Received 25 Mar 2019The Manor, 68 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JR
Received 27 Sept 2023Boundary Park Pavilion, Greenwood Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6GB
Received 28 Jan 2019Mahana, Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DX
Received 23 Feb 202367 Willow Lane, Milton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4EG
Received 4 Jun 2024Longwall House, Northcourt Lane, Abingdon, OX14 1PN
Received 27 Feb 20233 St Johns, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, WANTAGE, OX12 9PW
Received 25 Aug 2017Home Farm, Bourton
Received 4 May 2018Abingdon Hospital, Marcham Road Health Centre Marcham Road Abingdon OX14 1BT
Received 1 Sept 2026Church Farm Barns, Barrow Road, Shippon, OX13 6JF
Received 10 Oct 2018Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 21 Nov 20255 Rimes Close, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AL
Received 8 Feb 2021Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 22 Dec 2023Brook House, Blenheim Hill, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DS
Received 14 Oct 2022Adjacent to the Barracks, PTD Faringdon Close DNS,, Faringdon Close Streetworks, Faringdon Close, Shippon, OX13 6LR
Received 25 Oct 20172 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 7 Feb 2022Kings Farm House, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 14 Mar 20224 Camden Cottages, Radcot Road, Faringdon, SN7 8EA
Received 7 Jun 2018Barton House, The Quadrant, Abingdon Science Park, OX14 3YS
Received 29 Jan 2026Pond Farm, Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JX
Received 19 Feb 202434 Turner Drive Oxford OX2 9GY
Received 30 Jul 2026Records 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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