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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10,561 approved · 948 refused · 1,109 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kernanderry, Faringdon Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 6QJ
Received 10 May 20228 Wilkins Way, Wantage, OX12 7GJ
Received 5 Oct 20221 Pentagon South, Barton Lane, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3PZ
Received 24 Dec 2025Wyatts, 8 Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 1 Feb 2023The Barn, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, ABINGDON, OX14 4NJ
Received 8 Feb 2018Ruskin Cottage, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 1 Mar 202418 Cumnor Hill, OXFORD, OX2 9HA
Received 22 May 2017Wantage And Grove Cricket Club, Charlton Village Road, Charlton, Wantage, OX12 7HD
Received 20 Apr 202621 High Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RZ
Received 27 Mar 2023Apple Tree Cottage, 21 Faringdon Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NN
Received 5 Sept 2018Steeds Farm, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7NN
Received 19 Apr 2018Buckles Yard, Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Buckles Yard, OX14 4AJ
Received 25 Feb 2021Building 92 The Research Complex, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0FA
Received 1 Aug 2018King Alfreds School, Portway, Wantage, OX12 9BY
Received 6 Aug 2024Mountain Ash, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 24 Nov 2022Ridgeway, Church Lane, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7PB
Received 17 Apr 20241 The Quadrant, Abingdon, OX14 3YS
Received 21 Jan 2019Old Manor Stables, 20A North Hinksey Lane, OXFORD, OX2 0LX
Received 18 Dec 20176 Lay Cottages, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JE
Received 7 Oct 2022Cradle Barn, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NX
Received 4 Sept 2023Uffington Gorse, Station Road, Uffington
Received 5 Jul 2023Church Farm, Dark Lane, Sunningwell, ABINGDON, OX13 6RE
Received 18 Oct 2017Chapel House, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8ED
Received 1 Mar 2018Barn Cottage, 13 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JX
Received 11 Mar 2021Records 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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