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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
10,739 approved · 960 refused · 1,125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41-43, Stert Street, ABINGDON, OX14 3JF
Received 5 Jul 2017Albert Park, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DG
Received 6 Feb 202476 The Avenue, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RJ
Received 3 Mar 20267 Tyrrells Close, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LF
Received 21 Jun 2022Applegate, Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 25 Jan 2024Sheepwash Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6SD
Received 24 Mar 20179 Abingdon Road, Tubney, ABINGDON, OX13 5QL
Received 24 May 2017KLP Estate, Manor Farm House, Kingston Lisle, Nr Wantage, OX12 9QL
Received 17 Jul 2018Oak Hall House, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PG
Received 8 May 2025Station Road, Grove, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 7PN
Received 2 May 20189 Bath Street, ABINGDON, OX14 3QH
Received 21 Jul 2017Farringdon Sewage Treatment Works, Lechlade Road, Farringdon, SN7 8DU
Received 31 Jan 2025Pidnell Farm, Faringdon, SN7 8DY
Received 12 Feb 2024Studland House, Woodside, Frilford Heath, ABINGDON, OX13 5QG
Received 14 Jun 2017Flat 1 The Old Print Works, 37 Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AU
Received 12 Jan 2024The Willows, Packers Lane, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RT
Received 17 Aug 2018Stanton, Gainfield, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QQ
Received 17 Feb 2021The Cot, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0JL
Received 27 Feb 2017The Old Bakery, 43 High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4ER
Received 16 Apr 2025North Abingdon, Land North of Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon, Abingdon
Received 13 Feb 202479 Northcourt Road, ABINGDON, OX14 1NN
Received 27 Feb 201748 Charlton Road, Wantage, OX12 8HG
Received 21 Jan 2021Christ Church Northcourt Road Abingdon OX14 1PL
Received 21 Sept 2026Murco Filling Station, Newbury Road, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RW
Received 16 Mar 2026Records 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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