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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
10,438 approved · 944 refused · 1,093 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Turnpike Cottage, Lodge Hill, Abingdon, OX14 2JA
Received 18 May 20232 Claypits Lane Shrivenham Swindon SN6 8AH
Received 19 May 202644 Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DS
Received 4 Dec 2017Finches, Stream Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JG
Received 13 Dec 2023Land at Cowans Camp Depot, High Street, Watchfield, SN6 8TE
Received 10 Aug 2017Old Laundry Cottage, Road Running Through Wytham, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QQ
Received 18 Feb 2026Bridge Farm Quarry, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PP
Received 20 Apr 2023159 Bagley Close, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LU
Received 12 Apr 20234 Hillside, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HS
Received 28 Aug 2025Rowstock Corner Garage, Abingdon Road, Rowstock, Didcot, OX11 0JW
Received 8 Aug 201822 Kings Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EJ
Received 19 Dec 2018Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HQ
Received 22 Dec 20212 Mathews Way, Wootton, ABINGDON, OX13 6JX
Received 14 Aug 2017Limes House, Faringdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AH
Received 27 Sept 202115 Chapel Lane, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AN
Received 25 Mar 20262 Tower Close, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6PZ
Received 22 Jun 20225 Veor Farm, West Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UJ
Received 1 Mar 20179 Bath Street, ABINGDON, OX14 3QH
Received 16 Jan 2017Framland, Naldertown, Wantage, OX12 9DL
Received 2 Feb 2022Millets Farm Shop Kingston Road Frilford OX13 5HB
Received 15 Jun 2026Former Parklands School, Besselsleigh, Appleton, Oxford
Received 18 Mar 2024Phase 4 Land at Crab Hill, Land North of A417 and East of A33, Wantage
Received 20 Sept 2021Land to the South of Hanney Road, Cow Common, OX13 6AP
Received 28 May 202440 East St Helen Street Abingdon OX14 5EB
Received 8 Sept 2026Records 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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