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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
10,781 approved · 965 refused · 1,131 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Barn, High Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JE
Received 29 Jan 2019Land at Park Farm, East Challow
Received 19 Oct 2017178 Milton Park Milton Abingdon OX14 4SD
Received 12 May 2026Cornerstone, 12A Horsecroft, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8LL
Received 24 Sept 2024Worsall Farm, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PS
Received 26 Feb 202648 Spring Road, ABINGDON, OX14 1AN
Received 3 Nov 2017Thames Barn, Wootton, OX13 6DE
Received 22 Jun 2017Land at Grove Road, Grove, OX12 7PD
Received 2 May 2023Willowbrook, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EZ
Received 2 Jan 2024North East Parcel, Crab Hill, Wantage (Phase 5)
Received 21 Jun 2023Valley Park Primary School, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 2 Dec 2025Burnt House Farm, 25 High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QD
Received 20 Jun 2023Orchard Lodge, Westfields, Abingdon, OX14 1BA
Received 26 Oct 20231a Grove Street Wantage OX12 7AB
Received 28 Sept 202663 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PU
Received 26 Jul 2021Church Cottage, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QL
Received 18 Jan 20198 Leamington Drive, Faringdon, SN7 7JZ
Received 2 Jan 2024Two Chimneys, 5-6 Road Running Through East and West Ginge, Ginge, WANTAGE, OX12 8QR
Received 20 Jul 2017Flint Farm, Gramps Hill, Letcombe Bassett, OX12 9LY
Received 26 Mar 202613 Seacourt Road, Oxford, OX2 9LD
Received 19 Nov 202544 Victoria Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DQ
Received 22 Oct 2024Pound House, 21 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 17 Jun 2024Trident Park, Basil Hill Road, DIDCOT, OX11 7HJ
Received 14 Mar 20179 Argentan Close, Abingdon, OX14 5QW
Received 12 Jan 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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