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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
10,270 approved · 934 refused · 1,077 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Car Park, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8DA
Received 29 Jul 202412 Barwell, WANTAGE, OX12 9AZ
Received 22 Nov 20179 Corn Avill Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 2ND
Received 27 Oct 202250, 50a & 52 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BZ
Received 28 Mar 2024Manor Farm, Manor Farm, OX13 5PB
Received 12 Dec 20231 Woodland Cottages, Bayworth Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DF
Received 30 Jul 2021The Lintols, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 3 Mar 2025Land south west of Harwell village, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0PB
Received 1 May 201811 Berens Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EG
Received 1 Jul 2022Manor Farm, 6 Wootton Village, Boars Hill, OXFORD, OX1 5JL
Received 4 May 201714 Owlington Close, Oxford, OX2 9DP
Received 15 Mar 2022Rockbriar, 5 Grove Road, WANTAGE, OX12 7BU
Received 17 Mar 2017Castle Farm Barn, Manor Road, WANTAGE, OX12 8NB
Received 30 May 201710 Church Street, Marcham, Abingdon, Oxon
Received 13 Feb 20183 Park Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 5JT
Received 17 Nov 201828 New Road, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0ER
Received 23 Oct 2025Normanby Cottage, 4 Claypits Lane, Shrivenham, Oxon, SN6 8AH
Received 15 Mar 202129 Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7BP
Received 30 Sept 2024Yatsden House, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DG
Received 17 Mar 2017Land South of Red Gables, Kings Lane, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7SS
Received 10 Dec 2018Rose Cottage, High Street, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DU
Received 20 Jun 2023Berners Allsopp Estate, Little Coxwell, Oxon, SN7 7LW
Received 3 May 2023Grove House South Station Road Grove Wantage OX12 7PF
Received 15 May 202635 Hilliat Fields, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4JQ
Received 3 May 2017Records 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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