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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
9,674 approved · 897 refused · 1,024 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
1 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9EU
Received 26 Jul 2023108 Foxborough Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AD
Received 9 Apr 202414 Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HA
Received 9 Dec 2021Land North of Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA
Received 17 Jul 201826 West Way Square, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9TJ
Received 30 Sept 2021Orchard Dene Cottage, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 13 Oct 2022Land to the South of Chain Hill Cemetery, Chain Hill, Wantage, OX12 8HS
Received 7 Oct 202530 Hillview Road, Abingdon, OX14 1ND
Received 21 Jul 2022Land to the north of Frome Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 19 Oct 2022Little Orchard Lamborough Hill Wootton Abingdon OX13 6DA
Received 26 May 202617 Chaunterell Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5PP
Received 20 Jul 20218 Cemetery Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AS
Received 19 May 2023Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 19 Sept 20175-7 Bridge Street, ABINGDON, OX14 3HN
Received 5 Mar 2018Manor House, Allins Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JR
Received 14 Aug 2018The Verandah, 23 Colegrove Down, Oxford, OX2 9HT
Received 21 Jul 20212 Aldworth Close, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0FS
Received 3 May 202375 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6DZ
Received 8 Mar 2021A34 Lodge Hill Interchange, Abingdon, OX14 1RW
Received 26 Apr 202310 Sugworth Lane Radley Abingdon OX14 2HY
Received 30 Sept 2026Halls Close, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LU
Received 29 Jan 2025Manor Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NN
Received 4 Feb 2026Land South of Longcot Road, Fernham
Received 17 Jan 2018Oakline, The Ridgeway, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EZ
Received 24 Feb 2023Records 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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