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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
10,247 approved · 933 refused · 1,071 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
19 Denton Close, Botley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9BW
Received 30 Jan 2023Unit F3 Fairacres Marcham Road Abingdon OX14 1TP
Received 5 May 20262 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 6 Sept 2021Buttercross Barn, 4 St James Way, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 6 Jul 2018Land North of B4508 to East of Watchfield
Received 26 Mar 20198 Blenheim Orchard, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JA
Received 12 Mar 202611 Manor Road, South Hinksey, Oxford, OX1 5AS
Received 22 Jan 2019Land Adjacent to Matthew Arnold School, Arnold's Way, Oxford
Received 22 Mar 2023Uffington C Of E Primary School Broad Street Uffington Faringdon SN7 7RA
Received 14 May 202628 Brunel Crescent, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NS
Received 15 Oct 2025Elmhurst, Harcourt Hill, Oxford, OX2 9AS
Received 6 Jun 2022Hill Barn Stables, Road Between Sparsholt Firs and Lodge Farm, Sparsholt, WANTAGE, OX12 9XB
Received 12 Mar 2018Ashcroft House, Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DX
Received 21 Jun 2021Land adjoining and to the east of Hanney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon
Received 7 Nov 202346 Witan Way, Wantage, OX12 9HB
Received 13 Dec 2018Suite 10, 14 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HP
Received 18 Nov 2022187 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BW
Received 3 Aug 2022Spanswick Farm, Holborn Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LR
Received 3 Oct 2022O/S 21 Charlton Village Road, Charlton, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7HE
Received 24 May 2022Lamb Cottage, School Road, West Hanney, WANTAGE, OX12 0LB
Received 29 Sept 2017Manor Farm, Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NN
Received 16 Sept 2024223 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BW
Received 21 May 2024OS 14 Goodlake Avenue Faringdon SN7 7AT
Received 13 Oct 202629 Kings Avenue, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6QA
Received 2 Feb 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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