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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
9,906 approved · 914 refused · 1,047 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Power Station, Ardington, WANTAGE, OX12 8QJ
Received 7 Nov 2017Ravenswood, 10 Oxford Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NN
Received 25 Mar 2024Appletreewick, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LS
Received 24 Jan 2022Sunningwell House, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 30 Aug 20224 Hillside, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HS
Received 23 Jul 2021The Old House, 49 Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PJ
Received 16 Jan 2026Greenacres, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NX
Received 3 Aug 2021Land at Alma Barn, Didcot Road, OX11 6DN
Received 10 Feb 202132 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4JW
Received 28 Jul 2022Land at Wantage Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LJ
Received 15 Sept 2021St Leonard's Church, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6RQ
Received 9 Apr 202644 Arthray Road, OXFORD, OX2 9AB
Received 13 Jul 2017Nursery School, 45 Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PJ
Received 18 Apr 201863 Bagley Close, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LT
Received 15 Jan 20211A Church View, Abingdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QN
Received 16 Aug 202122 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PT
Received 15 May 201810 Leas Lane, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6FT
Received 25 Oct 202314A Bath Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QH
Received 14 Feb 2023Tanglin Cottage, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HX
Received 9 Sept 2024Betjeman Millennium Park, 53 Mill Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9AB
Received 8 Sept 2025Springwood, 19 Hid's Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 23 Jan 202635 Bagley Close, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LS
Received 24 Mar 2025Harleigh Reading Road Harwell Didcot OX11 0JL
Received 1 Jun 20261-2, Pioneer Road, Faringdon, SN7 7BU
Received 26 Feb 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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