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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
10,905 approved · 972 refused · 1,143 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land Adjacent Garden House, Coffin Way, Blewbury, OX11 9QD
Received 11 May 2023Flett Cottage, High Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JE
Received 7 Sept 2018Land at Highworth Road Shrivenham
Received 5 Oct 202157 Barrington Road, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TN
Received 26 Mar 20265 Bowes House, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8AL
Received 25 Apr 202235 Waxes Close, Abingdon, OX14 2NG
Received 17 Aug 202171 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6SQ
Received 22 Aug 20181 Parsonage Close, Charlton, WANTAGE, OX12 7HP
Received 21 Feb 2017Land North of Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenham
Received 14 Oct 2024Building 151, Thomson Avenue, Harwell Campus, DIDCOT, OX11 0QX
Received 28 Mar 20177 Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NR
Received 5 Sept 2022RM1b - Phase 2, Valley Park, Didcot
Received 11 Dec 2025Cressbed Cottage, Stowhill, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9XQ
Received 17 Aug 2018Antwicks Manor, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9JL
Received 12 Dec 201841 Selwyn Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AL
Received 6 Dec 2021Laundry Cottage, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QL
Received 25 Jul 202343 The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6RR
Received 21 Jan 20221-2, Bury Street, ABINGDON, OX14 3QY
Received 7 Feb 2018Court Farm House, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9LR
Received 21 Jan 20196 Culham Close, Abingdon, OX14 2AS
Received 3 Mar 2021123 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DL
Received 12 Aug 2024Land South of Kennington, East of Kennington Road, Radley, Abingdon
Received 30 Mar 202112 Virginia Way Abingdon OX14 5QJ
Received 25 Sept 2026133 The Avenue, Kennington, OXFORD, OX1 5QZ
Received 3 Aug 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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