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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
10,207 approved · 930 refused · 1,066 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Steventon Railway Overbridge, High Street, Abingdon, OX136RS
Received 1 Mar 20189 Cheyney Walk, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1HN
Received 28 Mar 2018Hulgrove Barn, Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4HB
Received 3 Feb 202314 Abingdon Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NF
Received 14 Apr 2021Co-operative Swift Shop, Majors Road, Watchfield, SWINDON, SN6 8TQ
Received 31 Jul 2017Buckland Service Station, Section of A420 Running Through Buckland, Buckland, FARINGDON, SN7 8PY
Received 5 Oct 2017Hawkridge, South Row, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RT
Received 1 Feb 202418 and 20A North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Lane, OXFORD, OX2 0LX
Received 19 Apr 2017Fir Tree Cottage, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LW
Received 27 Apr 2022Manor Farm, Church Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SN
Received 27 Jun 2018Ashbury Manor, Berrycroft, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LX
Received 24 Jan 2022Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, OX2 9LP
Received 11 Jan 2023Land at Vicarage Farmhouse, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 7QE
Received 19 Apr 2017Hill House, Reade Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 3YE
Received 18 Dec 2023Berners Allsopp Estate, Little Coxwell, Oxon, SN7 7LW
Received 3 May 202347 Meadow View Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QX
Received 19 Feb 2026Haremore Farm, Fairview Cottage Faringdon SN7 8PN
Received 2 Jun 2026Land south of Curie Avenue and west of Second Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QG
Received 5 Nov 202417 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BD
Received 14 Jun 2018Glenroy, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UF
Received 29 Apr 202526 Abbott Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2DU
Received 4 Oct 201717 Bowler Gardens, Abingdon, OX14 5GE
Received 17 Nov 2025Greenacres, 1 Green Lane, Longworth, ABINGDON, OX13 5ED
Received 25 Oct 20171 Hermans Terrace, Dog Lane, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UW
Received 25 Nov 2025Records 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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