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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10,781 approved · 965 refused · 1,131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Spanswick Farm, Holborn Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LR
Received 2 Oct 2025Moorhouse, Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 10 Jun 20247 Castle Street, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SR
Received 30 Jul 2024Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 1 Nov 202314 Harlington Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7NJ
Received 23 Mar 2026St Marys Convent, Denchworth Road, Wantage, OX12 9AU
Received 22 Sept 2022Lomond Lodge, 2 Oxford Square, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TB
Received 28 May 20245 Ethelhelm Close, ABINGDON, OX14 2RE
Received 22 Mar 201776 Lenthalls, Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 23 Apr 2025Carswell Manor, Road Passing Carswell Manor, Carswell, FARINGDON, SN7 8PT
Received 13 Apr 2017Barcote Farm, Barcote Park, Buckland, FARINGDON, SN7 8PP
Received 17 May 2017Trenfield, Wantage Road, Rowstock, Didcot, OX11 0JU
Received 19 Apr 2021Bay Tree House, Orchard Mews, Newbury Road, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0PG
Received 7 Jun 202323 Cumnor Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HD
Received 6 Apr 2021Field House Fernham Road Uffington Faringdon SN7 7RD
Received 17 Jul 2026Land at Challow Park (including former Council Depot), Challow Road (A417), Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9RH
Received 1 Dec 201618 Bagley Close, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LT
Received 15 Jul 202546 Austin Place, Abingdon, OX14 1LX
Received 7 Aug 2018128 Upper Road Kennington Oxford OX1 5LW
Received 27 Jul 2026West Acre, Faringdon Road, Cumnor, OXFORD, OX2 9QY
Received 11 Jul 2017Manor Cottage, North Green, West Hanney, OX12 0LQ
Received 17 Nov 2016Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Road Thirteen, Didcot, OX11 0RD
Received 17 Sept 2024Home Farm, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 10 Oct 2022'The Barn' (land to rear/east of White House Farm), Green Lane, Dry Sandford, ABINGDON, OX13 6JR
Received 22 Feb 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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