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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9,674 approved · 897 refused · 1,024 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Landseer Walk, Abingdon, OX14 5NA
Received 19 Apr 202326 Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AX
Received 9 Apr 202111 St Peters Close, Wootton, ABINGDON, OX13 6LD
Received 2 Nov 2017Oxford Abingdon Hotel, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TZ
Received 6 Sept 201734 Big Wood Park, Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2LL
Received 13 Jun 2022Wichello, Milton Hill, Steventon, ABINGDON, OX14 4DP
Received 13 Mar 201879 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SQ
Received 17 Aug 2026Rose Cottage, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 26 Mar 2024Webbs Cottage, Witney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AN
Received 31 Aug 202122 Cleycourt Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8BN
Received 26 Sept 2023Upper Farm, Ginge, Wantage, OX12 8QT
Received 6 Feb 202356 Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LD
Received 26 Jun 2018Radley College, off The A4148, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2JB
Received 9 Nov 20227 Main Street, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EX
Received 30 Aug 20188 Walnut Way, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4FY
Received 22 Feb 2021Denman College, New Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NW
Received 17 Mar 2026A34 and A4183 Lodge Hill Interchange, North of Abingdon
Received 14 Nov 2024221 South Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QT
Received 13 Nov 2024Beechwood House, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4BL
Received 6 Dec 2021The Clock House, 22-26 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 12 Oct 20237 Savile Way, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0PT
Received 5 May 202178 The Avenue Kennington Oxford OX1 5RJ
Received 3 Aug 20269 Old School Lane, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9SG
Received 21 Sept 2022Barton House, The Quadrant, Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon, OX14 3YS
Received 2 Aug 2022Records 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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