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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
10,806 approved · 967 refused · 1,135 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Oct 2016 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Woodcroft Kennington OX1 5NH
Received 22 Jun 2026Steventon Phase 3, Land Off Hanney Road, Steventon, OX13 6AS
Received 3 Apr 2018Land adjacent to Rose Cottage, Gainfield, Buckland, SN7 8QH
Received 7 Apr 2017Tarifa Cottage, Faringdon Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AJ
Received 17 Sept 202687 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AB
Received 21 Jun 2018Church Cottage, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 24 Jan 2024Tulip, Spring Gardens, Ashfields Lane, East Hanney, OX12 0NH
Received 15 Nov 2021Barcote Farm, Barcote Park, Buckland, FARINGDON, SN7 8PP
Received 14 Mar 2017Building R69, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0FA
Received 18 Mar 20221 Damson Trees Shrivenham Swindon SN6 8BB
Received 16 Sept 2026Coxs Hall, 60 High Street, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8NQ
Received 7 Oct 2025Manor Farm, Bourton, Swindon, Oxfordshire, SN6 8HU
Received 11 Nov 2016133 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9JA
Received 21 Feb 2022Bramley House, Featherbed Lane, East Hendred, WANTAGE, OX12 8JF
Received 5 May 2017104 Stockham Park, Wantage, OX12 9HH
Received 20 Feb 2025Oxford Abingdon Hotel, Marcham Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1TZ
Received 17 Sept 2018Childrey Quarry, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9US
Received 19 Jan 20171 Pond Cottages, Newbury Road, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0PG
Received 12 Apr 2021Abingdon School, Park Lodge, Park Road, OX14 1DE
Received 31 Mar 2026Old School Yard Site, Off Pioneer Road, Pioneer Industrial Estate, Faringdon, SN7 7BU
Received 26 Jan 2023Tudor House, 67 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SQ
Received 30 Aug 2017Prospect Farm, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0ST
Received 17 Aug 2017Tesco Petrol Station, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TU
Received 21 Aug 2023The Hart Of Harwell, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EH
Received 23 May 2022Records 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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