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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
10,697 approved · 956 refused · 1,120 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Grove Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 30 Jul 2025The Watermeadow, Ginge Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RP
Received 4 Jul 2018Brick Alley Almshouses, St Helens Wharf, ABINGDON, OX14 5EL
Received 28 Feb 201815 Westfield Way, Charlton Heights, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7EW
Received 19 Mar 20192 Knoll Close, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9LS
Received 6 Jul 2018Land at Millbrook House, High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EL
Received 14 Oct 2025Huntsgrave Farm, Woodway Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9HW
Received 13 Aug 20182 Arnolds Way, OXFORD, OX2 9JB
Received 14 Feb 2018The Barn, Green Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JR
Received 14 Mar 2019Olympic Avenue, 3d N C Ltd, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SA
Received 3 Oct 202366 Pembroke Lane, Milton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4EA
Received 2 Apr 2024Wicklesham Quarry, Sandshill, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 11 Oct 201716 Hiskins, Wantage, OX12 9HU
Received 28 Apr 2023108 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BX
Received 15 Jan 2024Mill House, Locks Lane, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9EH
Received 25 Apr 2024Denchworth Manor, Hyde Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DX
Received 14 Nov 2025Land west of Station Road (A338), South of Williams Grand Prix Engineering, Grove, Wantage
Received 15 Apr 2024Bayliss House, The Cleave, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EL
Received 8 May 202545 Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AG
Received 2 Nov 2023Site in front of Greenwood Way, and Cherry Tree Road T intersection, new Local Centre
Received 4 Aug 2017Land at King's Lane, Longcot
Received 13 Sept 2018104 Meadow Close, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NZ
Received 18 Jan 2024Hanney War Memorial Hall, Brookside, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JL
Received 23 Jul 2025The Thatched Cottage, 4 Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NR
Received 23 Mar 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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