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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
9,841 approved · 912 refused · 1,038 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Weir Farm, Unnamed Road Running Alongside Brookside, East Hanney, WANTAGE, OX12 0JJ
Received 2 Aug 2017Ashbury Manor, Ashbury, Oxon
Received 10 Sept 2018Development Land, Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 27 Jun 202287 Foxborough Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3AE
Received 16 Nov 2017Red House Farm, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NH
Received 8 Oct 20259 Barn Close, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0EZ
Received 30 Mar 2026Willow House, Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Received 10 Apr 20181 Fellows Close, East St Helen Street, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 5FY
Received 25 Jul 2018A420, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, SN6 8FJ
Received 21 Nov 2024Court Barn, Town Pond Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HS
Received 5 May 2022Threeways, Milton Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4EZ
Received 30 Mar 2021Ashbrook House, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9QA
Received 16 Sept 2024Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 22 Aug 2025Steventon Road Nurseries, Steventon Road, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HS
Received 16 Nov 2018Rogers Concrete, Sands Hill, Faringdon
Received 20 Jul 2018Freshways, Circourt Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DZ
Received 21 May 20186 Westfield, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LG
Received 24 Nov 2025Court Farm House, Road Running Through Letcombe Bassett Between Gramps Hill an, Letcombe Bassett, WANTAGE, OX12 9LR
Received 17 May 201747 Pinnocks Way, Oxford, OX2 9DD
Received 20 Jul 202312 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SB
Received 4 Jan 2024Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 24 Apr 2024221 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QT
Received 2 Sept 2025A423 Southern Bypass between Hinksey Hill Interchange &, Kennington Roundabout, Oxfordshire
Received 17 Jul 20244 Reading Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RH
Received 11 Jan 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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