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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9,906 approved · 914 refused · 1,047 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Schoolhouse The Hill Bourton Swindon SN6 8JA
Received 22 Jul 2026King Alfred School East, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8ET
Received 17 Jul 20188 Oxford Square, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TB
Received 20 Jun 2022West Lodge, 9 Coxwell Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EB
Received 7 Sept 2017Heritage, 63A Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AA
Received 6 Oct 2017Lowerfield Farm, Lower Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HU
Received 7 Nov 202330 Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DS
Received 9 May 2018Dolphin House, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UE
Received 15 Mar 2023Downs House Letcombe Bassett Wantage OX12 9LW
Received 7 Oct 2026Whispering Trees, Rectory Lane, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AT
Received 2 May 201852 South Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QR
Received 29 Sept 2021Marela House, North Green, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LQ
Received 7 Jan 20212 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HQ
Received 13 Oct 202344 Oaksmere, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JS
Received 4 Nov 202171 Charlton Road, Wantage, OX12 8HJ
Received 2 May 2024Old Plough Cottage, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9QL
Received 3 Nov 202122 Badswell Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JN
Received 22 Apr 2021West Cottage, Stanford Road, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QL
Received 16 Feb 2022Corrydon House, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PF
Received 7 Dec 2023The Thatched Cottage, 4 Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NR
Received 27 Aug 2024Unit 1, Southdown Farm, Faringdon Road, SN7 7UA
Received 4 Feb 2026Yew Tree Cottage, Main Street, East Challow, OX12 9SS
Received 29 Apr 2021Former Liquid Effluent Treatment Plant and Sewage Farm, Curie Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QQ
Received 21 Sept 2021Ashbrook Mews, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 13 May 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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