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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
10,026 approved · 920 refused · 1,057 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Mar 2017 to 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 St Johns Road, Abingdon, OX14 2HA
Received 24 Nov 2021Petwick Stables, New Road, Childrey, WANTAGE, OX12 9PG
Received 12 Sept 201723 Lime Grove, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5DN
Received 6 Jan 202123 Market Place Faringdon SN7 7HU
Received 22 Aug 2026St Laurence Church, Church Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JL
Received 24 Feb 2022Unit 8, 8 Bury Street Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3QY
Received 12 Jun 20256 Newbury Street, WANTAGE, OX12 8BS
Received 13 Oct 2017Sheepwash Lane, Steventon
Received 2 May 20171 River Close, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5LU
Received 18 Jul 20241 South Quay, Abingdon, OX14 5TW
Received 27 Jul 20181 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6DY
Received 13 Nov 2018Land off Foxborough Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AG
Received 5 Jul 20217 Bridges Close, ABINGDON, OX14 5PF
Received 25 Aug 201729 Harlington Avenue, Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7NQ
Received 14 Sept 2018Oxford RFC, North Hinksey Lane, OXFORD, OX2 0NA
Received 13 Oct 2023Harwell Science And Innovation Campus, Building 383, Road Thirteen, Didcot, OX11 0RD
Received 13 Aug 202511 Market Place Abingdon OX14 3HH
Received 2 Oct 2026The Thatched Cottage, 4 Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NR
Received 14 Nov 2022Orchard House, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UT
Received 18 Dec 2025Ashbrook House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 14 Feb 2024Walnut Tree House, Witney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AN
Received 21 Sept 2023St Mary's Church, Buckland, Oxon
Received 3 Apr 20233 John Morris Road Abingdon OX14 5HN
Received 29 May 2026Snowdrop, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NW
Received 9 Dec 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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