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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
10,475 approved · 944 refused · 1,097 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Jan 2017 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land to the West of Great Western Park (Valley Park) Didcot
Received 16 Mar 20232 Cornmarket, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7HG
Received 2 Oct 2017Millbrook Cottage, Berry Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QJ
Received 6 Sept 201752A Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BZ
Received 26 Aug 2025Hollytree Cottage, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5PX
Received 11 Feb 2021Woods End and Hill House, Hamels Lane, Boars Hill, Oxfordshire
Received 7 Jul 201717 Westfield Way, Charlton Heights, Wantage, OX12 7EW
Received 21 Mar 2018The Old Bakery, 3 Main Road, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LN
Received 28 Jun 202234 Pinnocks Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9DG
Received 19 Oct 2021Brick Kiln Works, New Road, Childrey, WANTAGE, OX12 9PG
Received 31 Mar 201727 Fairthorne Way, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EA
Received 31 Oct 202256 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QW
Received 18 Mar 2019Old Rose Cottage, 44 North Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NG
Received 4 Feb 2022Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 8 Nov 2024Land at Spey Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6H
Received 21 May 2025Buckland Road, Wantage, OX12 0ES
Received 5 Jun 2017Former Scout Hut, Main Street, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9SL
Received 10 Feb 2021Tudor House, Stowhill, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9XQ
Received 4 Mar 2024Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 9 Oct 2024Stone Barn 8 High Street Cumnor Oxford OX2 9PE
Received 27 Jul 2026Owlscote Manor Farm, High Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JE
Received 21 Sept 2017Land to East of 67A High Street, Sutton Courtenay, ABINGDON, OX14 4AT
Received 21 Jul 2017Brook Cottage, Bassett Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LJ
Received 18 Aug 20227 Locks Lane, WANTAGE, OX12 9EH
Received 16 Jan 2018Records 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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