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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
9,980 approved · 918 refused · 1,054 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Virginia Way, ABINGDON, OX14 5QJ
Received 13 Oct 2017Hendred House (Laundry Annexe), High Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JZ
Received 5 Aug 2025Bishops Yard, Unit 1, Cumnor Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NS
Received 7 Jan 202241 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HP
Received 3 Nov 20225 Long Close, Botley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9SG
Received 17 Jun 2021The Croft, Church Street, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8QA
Received 1 Nov 20215 Kings Lane Harwell Didcot OX11 0EJ
Received 12 Aug 2026Chilton Recycling Facility, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0ST
Received 12 Aug 2022Foxhollow, Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 9 Mar 2021Latifi Garden, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NL
Received 10 Dec 2021103 Southern Bypass, Oxford, OX2 0LJ
Received 23 Jul 2025The Old School House, Chapel Lane, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LS
Received 13 Mar 2024King Alfred School East, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8ET
Received 25 Jul 20183 Drewitts Corner, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EH
Received 9 Mar 2023Longcot View, Longcot Road, Shrivenham
Received 13 Dec 2017Park Square, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4RR
Received 19 Feb 2026Didcot Extra Care, Greenwood Way, Didcot, OX11 6GD
Received 9 May 2024The Hart Of Harwell, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EH
Received 13 Nov 2024Land south of Highworth Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EY
Received 29 Feb 2024The Croft, Portway, WANTAGE, OX12 9BU
Received 15 Jan 2018Courtney Lodge, The Square, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QS
Received 16 Feb 201846-48 The Thatched Cottage, Lower Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AY
Received 13 Feb 2026Warehouse, Ferndale Street, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7BE
Received 19 Aug 2021Rainsford Cottage, Halls Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HJ
Received 5 Sept 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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