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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
9,710 approved · 903 refused · 1,027 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
La Chaumiere, Berrycroft, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LX
Received 19 Oct 2023Bablakes Farmhouse, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JD
Received 15 Jun 2021The Poplars, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EH
Received 15 Aug 2025Ashcroft House, Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DX
Received 17 May 202437 Kysbie Close, ABINGDON, OX14 1XY
Received 27 Nov 2017Rose Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QS
Received 29 Mar 2019The Limes, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PE
Received 9 Jul 2018Chestnuts, School Lane, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EQ
Received 19 Jul 2021Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AB
Received 22 Jan 2024The Bell Hotel, 13 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HP
Received 4 Nov 2022Lains Barn, Grove Park Drive, Grove Park, Wantage, OX12 7QG
Received 5 Mar 2019The Old Boathouse, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NJ
Received 19 Sept 2024Lodge Farm House, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9XA
Received 16 Jul 2018Penny Chase, Bessels Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NH
Received 19 Mar 2026183 The Avenue, Kennington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5RN
Received 15 Aug 201722 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BP
Received 13 Dec 201818 Selwyn Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AL
Received 1 Jul 202119 Norman Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2HQ
Received 4 Sept 2024Building R12, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0FA
Received 12 Jan 202153 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6SE
Received 9 Mar 202238 Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 21 Feb 2026Abingdon and Witney College, Wootton Road, ABINGDON, Oxon, OX14 1GG
Received 21 Jun 2017Clare Cottage Park Lane Appleton Abingdon OX13 5JT
Received 4 Aug 2026Hanson Aggregates, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received 20 Aug 2018Records 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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