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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
9,797 approved · 908 refused · 1,033 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
13 New Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AP
Received 3 Mar 202615 Westfields, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1BA
Received 1 Jul 2022Long Meadow Barn, Northmead Lane, Denchworth, OX12 0DW
Received 30 Aug 202417 Wellington Close Longcot Faringdon SN7 7ST
Received 28 Jul 2026Building R105, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 26 Jan 2026Land at, Kingston Business Park
Received 12 Feb 202677-79 and 81-91 Church Road,, Radley
Received 13 Jul 2017Yalunga, Springhill, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HL
Received 9 Jun 201784 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DH
Received 1 Nov 202319 Minchins Close, ABINGDON, OX14 3XS
Received 13 Feb 201815 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JL
Received 23 May 20255 Wessex Way, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0BS
Received 2 Apr 2021G671 - School Road, G6726 & G551 off High Street, Ardington, Wantage, Oxon
Received 19 Dec 202436, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 18 Oct 2023Cheers Farm, Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LA
Received 20 Jun 2023Shrivenham Church Of England Primary School, High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AA
Received 1 May 2025Hills Yard, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8BY
Received 10 Jun 2024Land south of Thomson Avenue and East of Eighth Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0GD
Received 7 Jan 2021Trinity House, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DL
Received 23 Oct 2025Land to the rear of 119 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SJ
Received 18 Apr 2023Old Village Hall Kingston Lisle Business Centre, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QX
Received 6 Oct 2021Pound Furlong, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PD
Received 30 Apr 201837 Manor Road, South Hinksey, Oxford, OX1 5AS
Received 7 Nov 2018Hollen House, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8QN
Received 9 Dec 2024Records 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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