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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
10,186 approved · 930 refused · 1,065 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Foxcombe House, West Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 6PS
Received 18 Jan 2023The Plough Inn, Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 16 Aug 20211 Church Street, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8AD
Received 26 Feb 201860 Meadow View Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QX
Received 15 Mar 2021The Upper Reaches Hotel, Thames Street, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3JA
Received 21 Jun 2023Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 1 Jun 2022Seacourt Tower, 1st Floor, West Way, Botley, OX2 0JJ
Received 24 Nov 2025St Nicholas C Of E School, Windmill Place, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RY
Received 15 Jul 202127 Turberville Close, ABINGDON, OX14 5ER
Received 2 Jan 2018Church Cottage, Hyde Road, Denchworth, OX12 0DX
Received 6 Oct 2025Cross Cottage, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DP
Received 16 Jan 2018Walnut House, Springfield Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8HD
Received 22 Aug 20172 Bacon Almshouses, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 30 Jan 2019Parcel DN02B, Wantage Road, Great Western Park, Didcot
Received 19 Jun 2018O/S Meadowbrook, Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6LL
Received 25 Aug 202316 Frilsham Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AZ
Received 30 Mar 2026The Old Police House, Woolstone Road, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RQ
Received 8 Jan 2024Vicarage Farm, Baulking, FARINGDON, SN7 7QE
Received 14 Jun 2017Broadleaze Farm, Westcot Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PZ
Received 1 Apr 2022Trinity Church Hall, Conduit Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1DB
Received 25 Mar 201947 Raleigh Park Road, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 9AZ
Received 29 Mar 2021Bumblebee Cottage, 15 Sunningwell, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6RD
Received 2 May 202310 Halls Close, Oxford, OX2 9HR
Received 9 Dec 2025Brook House, High Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RS
Received 21 Sept 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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