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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
10,004 approved · 918 refused · 1,056 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Apr 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Galleyherns Farm, Old Wharf Road, Longcot, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7QT
Received 20 Sept 2023Glenmorag, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7LW
Received 6 Feb 2023The Yews, Main Street, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RZ
Received 21 Aug 2018Heron Wood, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JF
Received 6 Dec 201812 The Hyde, Abingdon, OX14 5JQ
Received 5 Jan 202685 Hanney Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AN
Received 29 Jun 202370 Hurst Rise Road Oxford OX2 9HH
Received 8 Jun 202621 Furrows End, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4GN
Received 23 Mar 2026Buildings 418.22, 418.23, 418.24, and 418.25, Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 27 Jan 2026Land at Bridge Farm Quarry, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4PP
Received 21 Jun 20181 Lechlade Road Faringdon SN7 8AL
Received 28 Aug 20261 Harris's Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EH
Received 11 Jul 202252 Farm Road, Abingdon, OX14 1LZ
Received 14 Mar 20257 Northcourt Lane, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1QA
Received 11 Sept 2017New Thorne Stud New Road Childrey Wantage OX12 9PG
Received 19 May 2026Tagdown Barn, Sandy Lane, Hatford, FARINGDON, SN7 8JH
Received 3 Aug 201710 Millbrook Close, Blewbury, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 9QL
Received 27 Jan 2022Bridge Farm Quarry, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PP
Received 29 Aug 201896 Bradstocks Way, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4DA
Received 10 Jul 202495 Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4HB
Received 13 Oct 201765 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4RQ
Received 9 Jul 202422 North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 30 Sept 2025Joanne, Main Road, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PD
Received 7 Mar 2023Hunters Moon, Charney Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HW
Received 8 Aug 2018Records 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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