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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
10,875 approved · 969 refused · 1,141 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oak Meadow, Bow Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8JB
Received 19 Jul 2018Laburnum House, South Street, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JY
Received 21 Mar 2018Brick Kiln Works New Road Childrey Wantage OX12 9PG
Received 16 Apr 2026St. James Church, Bishopstone Road, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8JQ
Received 10 Dec 2022Kingston Lisle Park, Manor Farm Barn, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QX
Received 19 Nov 2025Land at Highfield Barn, Priors Court Farm, Hyde Road, Wantage, OX12 0DN
Received 15 Apr 202118 Tyrrells Close, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LF
Received 2 Feb 2026Mill Cottage, Locks Lane, Wantage, OX12 9EH
Received 18 Jun 20186 Rawdon Way, FARINGDON, SN7 7YT
Received 18 Apr 2017Ascension Cottage, Horn Lane, East Hendred, Oxon, OX12 8LD
Received 18 Oct 2016Land fronting Elm Tree Walk, Shippon, OX13 6JF
Received 6 Oct 2016Garden Cottage, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LW
Received 8 Oct 2021Land south of Thomson Avenue and, East of Eighth Street, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0GD
Received 2 Jan 2019Land North of Shrivenham, Highworth Road (Phase 2)
Received 15 Jul 2025The Old Manor, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9JP
Received 9 Mar 2022Units 1, 3, 5 & 7 Blacklands Way Abingdon OX14 1DY
Received 2 Apr 2026Kingston Lisle House, Kingston Lisle Park, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QQ
Received 26 Jun 2025Hilton Garden Inn, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TZ
Received 7 Feb 2024Former Esso Research Centre, Abingdon Road, Milton Hill, Abingdon, OX13 6BD
Received 6 May 2021Noah's Ark 1 Bridge, Wantage Road,, Marcham, Vale of White Horse,, Oxfordshire,, OX13 5NY
Received 22 Feb 2024The Grange Gate House, Bourton, SWINDON, SN6 8JQ
Received 9 Feb 2018Blagrove Lodge, Fox Lane, Wootton, OX13 6DE
Received 25 Jan 20224 Ye Olde Housen, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HZ
Received 18 Nov 2024Merefield, The Greenway, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RG
Received 13 Nov 2023Records 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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