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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
10,617 approved · 950 refused · 1,111 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
79 Pennyroyal Place, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6FY
Received 19 Oct 2021127 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6BP
Received 9 Jul 2018205E Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PJ
Received 21 Aug 2025Corner House, Allins Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JR
Received 27 Jun 202434-36 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4JW
Received 14 Aug 202310 Maberley Close, ABINGDON, OX14 5PZ
Received 16 May 2017St Mary's Church, Little Coxwell, Oxon, SN7 7LW
Received 27 Jan 2022150B Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PJ
Received 14 Jan 202110 Halls Close, Oxford, OX2 9HR
Received 17 Jul 2025170 Cothill Road, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JW
Received 11 Nov 202521 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OXON, OX14 4AW
Received 3 Dec 2018Harwell Recreation Ground Harwell OX11 0LG
Received 16 Apr 2026134 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PH
Received 7 Feb 2024Hillsview, 13 Sunningwell Road, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6BJ
Received 30 Nov 2022Hanney Nurseries, Steventon Road, East Hanney, OX12 0HS
Received 4 Sept 2023112 Oxford Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Received 24 Jan 2018Charney Manor, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EJ
Received 29 Jul 202231 Badswell Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JN
Received 11 Sept 2018Street Record, Harding Way, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6FJ
Received 1 Apr 2025Lowerfield Farm, Lower Bourton, Swindon, Wilts, SN6 8HU
Received 4 May 2018Land to rear of 10 Halls Close, Drayton, OX14 4LU
Received 23 Nov 20232 Church Villas, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PZ
Received 24 Nov 2017Harwell Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4BN
Received 12 Mar 201818 Fernham Gate, Faringdon, SN7 7LR
Received 19 Oct 2021Records 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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