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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
10,641 approved · 952 refused · 1,114 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 The Green, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AE
Received 21 Feb 2025The Old Post Office, The Greenway, Wet Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RG
Received 20 Oct 2025137 Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 5QW
Received 12 Mar 2026Wharfedale, 44A High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AP
Received 6 Nov 2018Heron Wood, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JF
Received 25 Sept 2018Willowdene, Faringdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AG
Received 13 Jul 2018Land to the north west of Radley, Radley
Received 11 Aug 2021East Hanney Nurseries, Steventon Road
Received 20 Apr 20216 Barn Close, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9JP
Received 17 Jan 201721 St Johns Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PP
Received 10 Jul 2023The Lodge, Road Between High Street and Giggers Wood, Ardington, WANTAGE, OX12 8PY
Received 24 Oct 2017Alma Barn, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DN
Received 1 May 2024York Cottage, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8JH
Received 2 Mar 2021Brookside, 4 Tilbury Lane, Botley, OXFORD, OX2 9NB
Received 18 Oct 201734 Lime Road, Oxford, OX2 9EG
Received 13 Jan 2022Mount Pleasant Farm, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PY
Received 10 Apr 20252 The Paddock, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5BX
Received 21 Aug 202417 The Green Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AE
Received 27 Apr 2026Broomfield, Hamels Lane, Boars Hill, OXFORD, OX1 5DJ
Received 13 Apr 2017King Alfreds School West, Challow Road, Wantage, OX12 9DU
Received 1 Nov 201858 Hurst Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PR
Received 8 Aug 20244 Home Farm Close, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LR
Received 20 Feb 202438 Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AH
Received 20 Nov 2023Maryhill, Naldertown, Wantage, OX12 9EB
Received 24 Apr 2023Records 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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