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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10,875 approved · 969 refused · 1,141 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
52A Berry Croft, Abingdon, OX14 1JN
Received 12 Oct 2022Land at Penstones Farm, Horsecroft, Stanford in the Vale, FARINGDON, SN7 8LL
Received 30 May 201722 The Park, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QS
Received 15 Oct 202430 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4AP
Received 8 Apr 2021Land south of Curie Avenue and west of Second Street, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QG
Received 23 May 202377-79 and 81-91 Church Road,, Radley
Received 13 Jul 2017Chapmans Nottingham Fee Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PG
Received 20 Apr 2026Frilford Road S/O Doubloons, Church Street, Marcham, OX13 6NP
Received 12 Sept 2018Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, ABINGDON, OX13 5QL
Received 4 Apr 2018Land to Northwest of Premier Inn Oxford South Didcot Hotel, South of A4130, East of Milton Interchange Roundabout
Received 19 Sept 2025North of B4508 to East of Watchfield
Received 5 Sept 201827B High Street, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8SZ
Received 23 May 2024Look West High Street Harwell Didcot OX11 0EU
Received 6 Sept 2026St Ebbes House, Ebbs Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HL
Received 21 Dec 20204 Constantine Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8FG
Received 1 Nov 20243 Toynbee Close, Oxford, OX2 9HW
Received 11 Nov 2021The Old Grange, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NX
Received 10 Oct 20257 Hardwell Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0BN
Received 27 May 2021Manor Cottage, Circourt Road, Denchworth, Wantage, OX12 0DZ
Received 17 Aug 201890 The Avenue, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5RJ
Received 5 Dec 20183 Fernham Gate, Faringdon, SN7 7LR
Received 5 Aug 2022Parcel 3B (Yellowfields), Part of Crab Hill, Kingsgrove, Wantage
Received 23 May 20227 Lockway, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LG
Received 11 May 202225 Coxwell Road, Faringdon
Received 8 Nov 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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