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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
10,505 approved · 946 refused · 1,101 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2016 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Old Mill Berry Lane Blewbury Didcot OX11 9QJ
Received 2 Apr 202624 Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PQ
Received 17 Apr 201819 Curtis Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AY
Received 18 Nov 20223 Fernham Gate, Faringdon, SN7 7LR
Received 12 Sept 20255 Sims Gardens, Main Street, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LF
Received 13 May 2021Delamere, Letcombe Bassett, Nr Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9LR
Received 22 Aug 2017Alba Wytham Oxford OX2 8QN
Received 2 Sept 2026Downs Edge Reading Road Harwell Didcot OX11 0JJ
Received 17 Jul 202652 Denton Close, Oxford, OX2 9BW
Received 27 Jan 2026Pockies Cottage, Ickleton Road, Wantage, OX12 9JA
Received 17 Jun 202529 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QN
Received 9 Feb 201811 High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AN
Received 7 Dec 2022Packers Forge, High Street, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RP
Received 8 Mar 20214 Lumberd Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2QG
Received 11 Jun 2018Pentreen, Stream Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JG
Received 5 Jan 2026(modern) Barns to the south of Priors Court/Manor Farm, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 28 Apr 2022Challow Mead, Silver Lane, West Challow, WANTAGE, OX12 9TN
Received 10 Aug 2017Brook House, The Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AW
Received 9 May 20234 Wildmoor Gate, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1JP
Received 16 Apr 201816 Ormond Road, Wantage, OX12 8EG
Received 3 Feb 2025Workshop at Westmill Farm, Highworth Road, Watchfield, SWINDON, SN6 8TH
Received 6 Jun 2017Kingsgrove, Wantage
Received 4 Aug 2025Land North of Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA
Received 20 Aug 2018Dene Lodge, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 24 May 2023Records 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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