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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
10,294 approved · 936 refused · 1,080 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Upper Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HY
Received 21 Nov 2024Bluebell House, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5QG
Received 19 Feb 20265 Hobbyhorse Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BB
Received 1 Jul 2026Robinsons, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 25 Aug 202612 Long Close, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9SG
Received 4 Dec 2025Craven Cottage, 6 High Street, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8NA
Received 17 Jun 2021Mill House, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9JD
Received 29 Jun 202254 Arthray Road, Oxford, OX2 9AB
Received 22 Mar 202361 Orchard Way, Wantage, OX12 8EB
Received 11 Feb 2022Land to the north west of Radley
Received 20 Aug 2021The Old Inn, 44 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AP
Received 25 Oct 2024Millets Farm, Kingston Road, Frilford, ABINGDON, OX13 5HB
Received 2 Mar 201757 Abbott Road, Abingdon, OX14 2DU
Received 26 Nov 2018The Hinds Head, Witney Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AN
Received 13 Sept 2018Willowfields Energy Park, south-east of Kingston Bagpuize, and west of Marcham
Received 25 Jul 202418 and 18A North Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QN
Received 2 Apr 2021Penlon Place, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3QQ
Received 23 Jun 202537 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PT
Received 29 Oct 2018Buckland Service Station, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PY
Received 23 Jan 2024Louie Memorial Fields, Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JE
Received 9 Jul 2025Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 23 Mar 2026Camden Farm, Radcot Road, FARINGDON, SN7 8DY
Received 21 Apr 2017The Old Post Office, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DP
Received 9 Feb 2023110 Eaton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JJ
Received 12 Apr 2022Records 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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