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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
10,757 approved · 962 refused · 1,129 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southmoor Village Hall Tennis Courts, Draycott Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BY
Received 18 Jan 20216 Springfield Drive, ABINGDON, OX14 1JG
Received 15 Sept 201712 Joyce Way, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6GA
Received 7 Oct 2021Laburnum House, South Street, Letcombe Regis, WANTAGE, OX12 9JY
Received 27 Sept 201717 Stanley Close, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 0LB
Received 11 Sept 20246 The Green, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JA
Received 31 Mar 2025Green Holt, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TN
Received 31 Jul 2018Andersey Farm, Grove Park Drive, Lockinge
Received 22 Feb 202233 Picklers Hill, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2BB
Received 12 Feb 201821 Norman Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2HQ
Received 6 Feb 202323 Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4FB
Received 2 Dec 2024Bishops Yard, Unit 1, Cumnor Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NS
Received 22 Mar 2022Zeus Building, Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 4 May 2022Woodland Lodge, Road Known As Woodside, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5QG
Received 13 Sept 2025Broadway Rise, Broadway, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0LA
Received 18 Sept 20182 Gooseacre, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3BL
Received 15 Jun 2023Dunmore Pre-School, Austin Place, ABINGDON, OX14 1LX
Received 14 May 2018North Barn, 13 The Green, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HZ
Received 20 Oct 2021The Old Barn, 9 Deanes Close, Steventon, ABINGDON, OX13 6SZ
Received 9 Feb 2018Grove Technology Park, Grove Business Centre, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9FF
Received 13 Feb 2025Unit 103,105, 116 Steventon Storage Facility, Hanney Road, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6DJ
Received 14 Nov 2018Peach Cottage, The Green, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NT
Received 18 Jun 2024Curly Cottage, Ginge Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RR
Received 18 Mar 2021E W Beard Ltd Pine Lodge, Cumnor Hill, OXFORD, OX2 9PJ
Received 10 Oct 2017Records 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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