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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
9,952 approved · 918 refused · 1,051 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Marlborough Gardens, Faringdon, SN7 7DP
Received 29 Mar 202340 Candytuft Way, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6FX
Received 7 Jun 2021Williams Racing, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0DQ
Received 28 Jul 20215-7 & 11 Larkhill, Wantage, OX12 8HW
Received 6 Jul 2023Kingston Lisle Park, Road Running North Through Kingston Lisle, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QG
Received 23 Dec 20242 Sudbury Court, Faringdon, SN7 8AF
Received 14 Sept 2025Home Farm, 11A Charlton Village Road, Charlton, Wantage, OX12 7HE
Received 4 Jul 2018Woodbridge House, Old Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JQ
Received 15 Mar 2023Faringdon House, Church Street, Faringdon, SN7 8AE
Received 10 Aug 20182 Combes Close, Faringdon, SN7 8SR
Received 4 Sept 2023208 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LR
Received 3 Jul 2025Land to the north of Frome Road, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FD
Received 19 Sept 2024Thatch Farm Cottage, Abingdon Road, Tubney, ABINGDON, OX13 5QQ
Received 21 Nov 2017Verge adjoining Manor Cottage, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, Oxon
Received 2 Jan 2018Fernham Fields, Coxwell Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7SW
Received 20 Aug 2018The Old School, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QJ
Received 8 May 2024The Magna Building, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon, OX14 1DZ
Received 21 Feb 2022Piemans Thatch, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NG
Received 14 Feb 2024Dene Hollow Stables, Dene Hollow, Chilton, DIDCOT, OX11 0SN
Received 12 Feb 2018Spicers Cottage, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7NG
Received 19 Oct 2022Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2LU
Received 27 Jan 202317 Sir Chetwode Close, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6FB
Received 17 Nov 2025Monks Farm, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 16 Feb 202326 Selwyn Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3AL
Received 7 Sept 2017Records 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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