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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10,697 approved · 956 refused · 1,120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Coop Food shop, Kingsgrove, Wantage
Received 13 Dec 2024Great Field, Pusey Estate, Faringdon, SN7 8QB
Received 1 Oct 2018Whiteoaks, Bedwells Heath, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JE
Received 20 Jan 2023Whites Lane, Radley, Abingdon
Received 5 Nov 2025Cross Trees, 1 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4AD
Received 1 Dec 2017Glebe Cottage, Main Street, Charney Bassett, Oxon, OX12 0EX
Received 10 Feb 2017Whitwick, Grosvenor Road, Oxford, OX2 9AX
Received 20 Nov 202510 Greenacres Drive, Wantage, OX12 9NR
Received 22 May 2022Red Copse, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, OXFORD, OX1 5DG
Received 24 Jul 2017St Helens Mill House, St Helens Wharf, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5EN
Received 22 Feb 2022The Old Vicarage, 8 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4NJ
Received 25 Jul 2017Land Off Field Close, Kingston Bagpuize w/Southmoor, Oxfordshire
Received 20 Mar 2017The Old Post Office, Road Through Great Coxwell, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NB
Received 1 Dec 202511 Chestnut Road, Oxford, OX2 9EA
Received 31 Oct 2023Eden Cottage, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5AF
Received 27 Jan 2017Land North of Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 15 Jan 2026New Haven, Old Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JJ
Received 2 Jan 20191 Orchard Close, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EP
Received 4 Oct 2024135 Whitecross, Wootton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6BP
Received 7 Nov 2022Jubilee Cottage, Main Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LH
Received 27 Feb 20232A Seacourt Road, Oxford, OX2 9LD
Received 13 Oct 2025Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BY
Received 5 Jun 20182 Woodley Close, ABINGDON, OX14 1YH
Received 21 Dec 2016Land at Fallowfields Hotel, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BH
Received 12 Jun 2018Records 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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