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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10,641 approved · 952 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 Beagle Close, Abingdon, OX14 2NU
Received 15 Jan 2024Penfold Wick, Church Hill, Chilton, DIDCOT, OX11 0SH
Received 2 Feb 201710 Queen's Crescent, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8DD
Received 27 Jul 2022Eastwest, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, ABINGDON, OX14 4AG
Received 24 Apr 2017Red Lion, Chapel Lane, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PQ
Received 22 Apr 2021Tesco Extra 2008, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TU
Received 14 Mar 2019250 Saxton Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HL
Received 17 Mar 2025Painswick House, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NP
Received 22 Jan 2019208 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LR
Received 15 Aug 202435 Bagley Close Kennington OX1 5LS
Received 13 May 2026Pound House, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 26 Mar 2021Clock House, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PT
Received 6 Oct 20213 Chestnut Road, Oxford, OX2 9EA
Received 8 Nov 2021Bohams House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QB
Received 4 Aug 2021Land north of Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 21 Feb 2024Land at Bury Street, Abingdon
Received 24 Mar 2025Goosey Wick Farmhouse, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EY
Received 13 Dec 2024Beaulieu Court Cottage, Pen Lane, Sunningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6RB
Received 1 Feb 2018Parcel DN02B
Received 23 Mar 201850 Joyces Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HJ
Received 18 Jan 2023Dryman House, Horn Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LD
Received 7 Dec 2016Spring Barn, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LW
Received 10 Feb 2026Mill Cottage, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LL
Received 13 Apr 2018Springhill Farm, Springhill, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HL
Received 19 Dec 2022Records 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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