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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9,873 approved · 913 refused · 1,042 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Willowbank Charlton Village Road Charlton Wantage OX12 7HQ
Received 19 Sept 2026Minns Business Park, West Way, Botley, OX2 0JB
Received 6 Jul 2021157 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9NE
Received 26 Aug 2021Nottyngham Fee House Nottingham Fee Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PG
Received 8 Jun 202642 Manor Road, South Hinksey, Oxford, OX1 5AS
Received 16 May 2023Little Croft, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JL
Received 28 Mar 2022Hamilton House, Charney Road, Longworth, ABINGDON, OX13 5HW
Received 10 Oct 2017Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 11 Oct 2022159 Bagley Close, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LU
Received 19 Jul 2022Middle House, Church Hill, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SH
Received 27 Jan 2026White House The Green East Hanney Wantage OX12 0HQ
Received 7 Sept 2026The Haltings, The Ridgeway, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5EZ
Received 22 May 202437 Mons Way, Abingdon, OX14 1NJ
Received 31 Mar 2023Lyford House, 1 The Green, Lyford, Wantage, OX12 0EG
Received 6 Mar 2018Field associated with Downs House Farm, Ginge, Oxfordshire, OX12 8QS
Received 15 Jul 2025The Old Coal Merchants, 50 West St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BP
Received 22 Jun 2018Land south of Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EY
Received 23 Nov 2022Dulcina, Newmans Close, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JA
Received 7 Apr 20221 Stainswick Lane, Shrivenham, SWINDON, SN6 8DU
Received 30 Oct 20171 Goodlake Avenue, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9BF
Received 25 Aug 2023Gardeners Cottage, Sandy Lane, Boars Hill, OXFORD, OX1 5HH
Received 18 Aug 2017The Old Brew House, Townsend, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0DX
Received 6 Nov 202522 Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3JP
Received 14 Dec 202342 Charlton Road, Wantage, OX12 8HG
Received 5 May 2021Records 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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