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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
10,561 approved · 948 refused · 1,109 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Willowbrook, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0LZ
Received 27 Jan 2017Hinton Manor, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon, SN7 8SA
Received 19 Feb 2024176 South Avenue, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1QU
Received 15 May 2025Flat 1 Ock House, 266 Ock Street, ABINGDON, OX14 5DR
Received 21 Jul 2017Wayside Cottage Westbrook Street Blewbury Didcot OX11 9QA
Received 13 Apr 2026Downlands, Chapel Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PQ
Received 14 Nov 2023Ash Tree Farm, Faringdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QX
Received 18 Sept 2024Swinford House, Swinford, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, OX29 4BY
Received 29 Jan 2021PCP019 - O/S Little Coxwell House, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LP
Received 13 Feb 2017Old Rose Cottage, 44 North Street, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NG
Received 3 May 2022Land Adjacent The Old School House, Baulking Lane, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 7QE
Received 10 Feb 202321 Lashford Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6DY
Received 25 Jun 20249 East Lockinge, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8QG
Received 12 Apr 2017The Barn, High Street, Harwell, DIDCOT, OX11 0EX
Received 27 Feb 2017Park North Field ( Part of Hendred Estate )
Received 3 Mar 20212 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5NZ
Received 5 Apr 2017Riverside House Church Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AD
Received 28 Sept 202633 Hilliat Fields, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JQ
Received 26 Jan 20215 St James, Wantage, OX12 9EY
Received 28 Aug 2018144 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SR
Received 14 Sept 20227 Gravel Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4HY
Received 28 Mar 2019Land at Reading Road, Harwell, OX11 0LW
Received 25 Oct 2018Courteney Lodge, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8QS
Received 8 Jun 20213 Holly Lane, Drayton, OX14 4FW
Received 9 Mar 2022Records 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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