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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
10,342 approved · 938 refused · 1,084 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blewbury Service Station, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NU
Received 12 Dec 2018Old Telephone Exchange Site, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 28 Jul 2021Field House, Canada Lane, FARINGDON, SN7 8AR
Received 12 Oct 20176 Manor Grove, Kennington, OX1 5QY
Received 12 Mar 20182 Rippington Court Drayton OX14 4JT
Received 16 Jun 2026Spike Lodge Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8NF
Received 25 Nov 2024Church of St Andrew, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Oxfordshire, OX12 9JS
Received 1 Oct 2025160 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AF
Received 19 Feb 20247 The Yews, Kingston Bagpiuze, OX13 5PQ
Received 19 May 2021Defence Academy Of The UK, Faringdon Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA
Received 1 Aug 202243 Edward Street, Abingdon, OX14 1DJ
Received 27 Jan 2022Grosvenor, Icknield Lane, WANTAGE, OX12 8EF
Received 1 Dec 20179 Sheards Lane, Stanford in the Vale, FARINGDON, SN7 8LW
Received 11 Jan 2018Apple Cottage, Oldfield Farm, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 8NS
Received 26 Jun 2018Land to the south of Longcot Road and to the east of Silver, Fernham, SN7 7NZ
Received 16 Jan 2018Orchard Dene House, Watts Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PS
Received 20 Sept 2024Glendale, Orchard Close, East Hendred, OX12 8JJ
Received 2 Jan 2019Becket House, Shrivenham Defence Academy, Shrivenham, SN6 8HD
Received 24 Oct 201815B Coxwell Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EB
Received 5 Jul 20188 St James Terrace, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3BG
Received 9 Jun 202243 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EE
Received 29 Aug 2025Stockham Farm Cottage, Denchworth Road, Wantage, OX12 9BE
Received 10 Dec 2025Land to the rear of White Rosen Icknield Lane Wantage OX12 8EF
Received 22 Apr 2026160 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LW
Received 26 Jul 2024Records 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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