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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
10,052 approved · 921 refused · 1,060 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
184 Cumnor Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JS
Received 24 Jan 2019Glebe Farm Composting Site, Off the B4508, Hinton Waldrist, Oxfordshire, SN7 8QF
Received 5 Feb 202120 Hedge Hill Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9SD
Received 9 May 2018Woodland within SE corner of the land on the south side of, West Down Lane, Marcham, Abingdon
Received 2 Aug 20245 Rivy Close, ABINGDON, OX14 3XT
Received 8 Dec 201719 Foxborough Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AB
Received 11 Aug 20214, East St. Helen Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5EA
Received 13 Aug 201828 Hendred Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2AW
Received 30 Aug 20186 Fitzharrys Road, Abingdon, OX14 1EJ
Received 4 May 2023Cherbury Cottage, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QD
Received 30 Mar 2021Shrublands, Faringdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QY
Received 4 Jul 2018Lakeside, 2 Millbrook Close, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QL
Received 17 Feb 20265 Birch Close, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5NZ
Received 30 Jul 20241 Ramsons Way, Abingdon, OX14 3TH
Received 12 Feb 2024Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 24 Apr 2018Talbott Hall House, Main Street, East Challow, WANTAGE, OX12 9SL
Received 14 Jun 2017Orchard Drive House, Stowhill, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9XQ
Received 14 Jul 2023Cornerstone, Fyfield Wick, Abingdon, OX13 5NB
Received 2 Jan 2024Wootton Business Park, Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6FD
Received 28 Aug 2024Trinity House Conduit Road Abingdon OX14 1DB
Received 18 May 2026Wicks House, North Green, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LQ
Received 5 Apr 2024Grove Rugby Club, Recreation Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0FL
Received 11 Aug 2025Hartford Greys, Sandy Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HN
Received 23 Sept 202458 Berry Croft, Abingdon, OX14 1JW
Received 15 Dec 2022Records 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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