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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10,617 approved · 950 refused · 1,111 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Cresscombe, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW
Received 18 Jan 2024Fitzwaryn School, Denchworth Road, WANTAGE, OX12 9ET
Received 10 May 2017The Thatched Cottage, 4 Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NR
Received 24 Jan 20233 Regent Shopping Mall, Newbury Street, WANTAGE, OX12 8BU
Received 3 Nov 201719 Eaton, Abingdon, OX13 5PR
Received 15 Sept 2022Sparsholt Manor, Sparsholt, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9PT
Received 5 Mar 20194 Trajan Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8FJ
Received 10 Mar 2021Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 2 May 2023Abingdon School, Park Road, ABINGDON, OX14 1DE
Received 21 Dec 201785 Poplar Grove, Kennington, OX1 5QR
Received 30 May 201726 Hawthorn Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EL
Received 11 Jul 2018The Barn, High Street, Harwell, DIDCOT, OX11 0EX
Received 8 Mar 2017Former Grove Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road
Received 18 Dec 2017Humfreys London Road Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PB
Received 14 Apr 20265 Bowes House, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8AL
Received 15 Feb 2023The Hawthorns, Lower Common, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7SQ
Received 5 Mar 201975 Kennington Road, Kennington, OX1 5PB
Received 5 Jun 2024Cherry Tree Court, Office Church Lane Harwell Didcot OX11 0HL
Received 12 Jun 2026Cobalt Building, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0RA
Received 4 Mar 201926 East Lockinge, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8QG
Received 12 Jun 201759 Farm Road, Abingdon, OX14 1NE
Received 21 May 201831 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PT
Received 3 Dec 2025Broadleaze Farm, Longcot Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8HG
Received 21 Mar 20182 Bow Bank, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ER
Received 30 Mar 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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