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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
10,589 approved · 949 refused · 1,110 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Ashbrook House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 3 Dec 2024The Thatched Cottage, The Greenway, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RG
Received 24 Sept 2018Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange, and the B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 19 Dec 2025Symonds Farm, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 19 Oct 2021Rectory House, Church Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HU
Received 21 Jul 2023Pippins, Locks Lane, Wantage, OX12 9DB
Received 5 Feb 202419 Conifer Close Oxford OX2 9HP
Received 22 Jun 202611 Darrell Way, Abingdon, OX14 1HL
Received 13 Aug 2018Hill Farm, Off Church Lane, Steventon, OX13 6SW
Received 27 Sept 202220 Pound Piece, Ashbury, Swindon, Oxfordshire, SN6 8NE
Received 2 May 2017Elizabeth House, Queen Street, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3LN
Received 22 Feb 2021Old School Yard, New Road, Charney Bassett, OX12 0EW
Received 18 Sept 2026Hall Barn, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 2 May 2024The Firs, 19 High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AN
Received 28 Mar 201768 Pinnocks Way, OXFORD, OX2 9DQ
Received 27 Apr 20176 Fairfield Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0NQ
Received 6 Jul 2023Land between A34 Milton Interchange, and B4015 north of Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
Received 31 Aug 2023Land at Park Farm, East Challow
Received 25 Jul 2017Priors Court, Church Steet, West Hanney, OX12 0LW
Received 5 May 2017Yew Tree Cottage, Main street, East Challow, OX12 9SS
Received 22 Feb 2021Land at Yarnells Hill, Oxford
Received 1 May 202560 Orchard Way, Wantage, OX12 8EB
Received 23 Feb 2023Manor Farmhouse, 12 The Green, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HZ
Received 13 Apr 2022Public Telephone 10m From Crowdy & Rose Solicitors, 2 Market Place 11m From A4095 Market Place Faringdon SN7 7HL
Received 18 May 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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