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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
9,873 approved · 913 refused · 1,042 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land to rear of 21 Mill Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NZ
Received 25 May 2022North Cottage, Home Farm, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8RG
Received 26 Sept 2022Land off Oxford Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AP
Received 27 Mar 2019Sunningwood House, Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DX
Received 20 Feb 20243 Pickering Row, Garston Lane, Wantage, OX12 7DX
Received 18 Jul 202317 Cherwell Close, Abingdon, OX14 3TD
Received 31 Jul 2024Frilford Heath Golf Club, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NW
Received 16 Aug 2018The Clock House, 22-26 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 20 Oct 2023Mill Cottage, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LL
Received 12 Jul 2018Land adjacent and rear of the George and Dragon, Reading Road, Upton, OX11 9JJ
Received 1 Mar 2021Peartree Farm, Radcomb House, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NG
Received 5 May 2021Blagrove Lodge, Fox Lane, Boars Hill, OXFORD, OX13 6DE
Received 20 Oct 2017Stone Farm, Majors Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TR
Received 25 Nov 2025Land to the West of Didcot B Power Station
Received 10 Jun 2024Tesco, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TU
Received 3 Jun 201812 Monk Close, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4GW
Received 6 Nov 2024Unit 8, Kings Park, Limborough Road, Wantage, OX12 9AJ
Received 15 May 2024195 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QT
Received 11 May 2023163 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 2 May 2025CTIL 11560822 TEF 69825, Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BY
Received 11 Oct 202331 Bridus Mead Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PJ
Received 15 Apr 202613 Portway, Wantage, OX12 9BU
Received 20 Dec 2021Woolstone Mill House, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QL
Received 19 Oct 2017Kingston Bagpuize Football And Cricket Club, Abingdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5GD
Received 11 Aug 2025Records 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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