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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
10,083 approved · 923 refused · 1,062 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Duffield Close, Abingdon, OX14 2RS
Received 4 Jul 201854 Big Wood Park, Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2LL
Received 8 Aug 202215 Westfields, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1BA
Received 5 May 2023Dunmore Leisure Group, Wooton Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6BH
Received 24 May 20172 Nash Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5PT
Received 28 Jul 202236 Westfield, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0LG
Received 20 Aug 202120 Glebe Gardens, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LX
Received 14 Jan 2026The Wharf, Station Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8JL
Received 5 Dec 2018White House Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8LX
Received 12 Oct 2021Hanney Bridge, Oxford Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0DL
Received 15 Jun 2023Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 10 Jan 2024Barnwell, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PB
Received 3 Aug 2023Windswept, 3 Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BQ
Received 3 Sept 2025Betteshanger House, High Street, Longworth, OX13 5DU
Received 26 Apr 20183 Barrow Close, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6TY
Received 15 Sept 2021St Frideswides Cottage, Knighton, Swindon, SN6 8NT
Received 23 Mar 202613 Colton Road, Shrivenham, SWINDON, SN6 8AZ
Received 16 May 2017Coppice Leaze Farm, Coppice Lane, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TJ
Received 8 Aug 20232 Tullis Close Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4BD
Received 11 Sept 2026St Blaise CE Primary School, School Lane, Milton Heights, Abingdon, OX14 4DR
Received 3 Jan 201926 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AX
Received 20 Aug 202414 Caudwell Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LT
Received 20 Dec 2021Land at Dene Hollow, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Oxon, OX11 0SN
Received 4 Mar 20264 Evelyn Close, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BZ
Received 29 Nov 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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