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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10,052 approved · 921 refused · 1,060 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Bowyer Road, Abingdon, OX14 2EW
Received 22 Sept 2021Jesmond, Coopers Lane, Wantage, OX12 8HQ
Received 5 Oct 2022176 Westminster Way, Oxford, OX2 0LR
Received 20 May 2021Broom Close, Old Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JQ
Received 7 Oct 2024Millets Farm, Road Running Through Garford, Garford, ABINGDON, OX13 5PD
Received 15 Nov 201715 Ock Street, ABINGDON, OX14 5AN
Received 15 Feb 2018Sheepdrove Organic Farm, Warren Farm, Sheepdrove Road, Hungerford, RG17 7UU
Received 25 May 2023Avondale, Gainfield, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QQ
Received 31 May 2022Denchworth House, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DX
Received 13 Aug 2025Bridge Farm Quarry, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PP
Received 3 Jan 20235 Beggars Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5BL
Received 16 May 2018187 The Avenue, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RN
Received 10 Sept 201828A North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Received 17 Dec 2018South View, Old Botley, Oxford, OX2 0JR
Received 24 Nov 2017Woodbine Cottage, Cat Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JT
Received 17 May 202425 Charlton Village Road, Charlton, OX12 7HE
Received 7 Nov 201823 Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4FB
Received 9 May 20241 Loder Road, Harwell, DIDCOT, OX11 0HR
Received 30 Oct 2017Giffard, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8QW
Received 27 Mar 2025The Long Barn, Townsend, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0DX
Received 22 Apr 2025Lower Lodge Farm, Charney Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HW
Received 18 Aug 20214 The Spinney, Larkhill Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Received 5 Nov 2018Mather House, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Received 27 Feb 2023The Old Chequers, Wantage Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LD
Received 20 Apr 2023Records 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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