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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
10,668 approved · 955 refused · 1,119 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Cumnor Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JP
Received 31 Aug 2023Sutton Courtenay Waste Management Site, Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay OX14 4PW
Received 17 Jun 2026Church of St Helen, Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 5 Jan 2017St John the Baptist Church, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 5AY
Received 19 Dec 20231 The Gap, Marcham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6NJ
Received 17 Jul 2017Lime Close, 35 Henleys Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HU
Received 5 Jan 2026Blagrove Copse, off Fox Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford
Received 24 Apr 20189 St Johns Road, ABINGDON, OX14 2HA
Received 10 Jan 201723 Tatham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1QB
Received 2 Mar 202627A East Saint Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EE
Received 19 May 20176 Oxford Square, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TB
Received 19 Dec 20228 Stonhouse Crescent, Radley, ABINGDON, OX14 3AG
Received 2 Dec 2016Coseners House Conference Centre, 15 -16 Abbey Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3JD
Received 9 Jan 20262 Seacourt Road, Oxford, OX2 9LD
Received 4 Jan 2022The Courtyard, Kingston Bagpuize, OX13 5AX
Received 19 Apr 2024The Guildhall, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 4 Aug 2021Childrey Way, East Challow, Oxfordshire, OX12 9RW
Received 21 Jun 2022Land South of Blenheim Hill, Harwell, OX11 0DS
Received 10 Jul 2017Cclrc, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 13 Dec 2018Village Hall, Chapel Hill, Watchfield, SWINDON, SN6 8TA
Received 16 May 201723 High Street, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8PS
Received 20 Jun 2018The Firs, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6DL
Received 8 Mar 2017Land at Fallowfields Hotel, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BH
Received 19 Jun 2018Dunmore Pre-school, Austin Place, Abingdon, OX14 1LX
Received 4 Mar 2024Records 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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