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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
10,990 approved · 986 refused · 1,155 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
West Cottage, Harcourt Hill, Oxford, OX2 9AS
Received 9 Aug 2022Riversdale, Radley Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3PP
Received 19 Sept 2025Sparsholt House, Sparsholt Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 10 Oct 2022Antwick Stud, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JD
Received 21 Aug 2025Nayland Croft, Rectory Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DZ
Received 23 Jan 2017Land to the west of Red House Farm, Botley, Oxfordshire, OX2 9ND
Received 19 Jan 202255 Farm Road, Abingdon, OX14 1NE
Received 7 Jul 2022All Saints Methodist Church, Appleford Drive, Abingdon, OX14 2AQ
Received 20 Aug 2018Radley College Shop, Radley College, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HR
Received 12 Apr 20218 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4NJ
Received 2 Sept 2025Unit 9 Great Western Park District Centre, Sir Frank Williams Way, Harwell
Received 30 Jan 2017Didcot Extra Care, Greenwood Way, Didcot, OX11 6GD
Received 26 Apr 2023Land north of Dunmore Road and Twelve Acre Drive, Abingdon
Received 27 May 202539A Market Place, Wantage, OX12 8AW
Received 26 Mar 20268 Simpsons Way, Kennington, OXFORD, OX1 5RZ
Received 7 Feb 2018Estate Yard, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QB
Received 7 Feb 2023Botley Cemetery, North Hinksey Lane, OXFORD, OX2 0LX
Received 5 Dec 20171 South Cottages, Fyfield Wick, Abingdon, OX13 5NB
Received 8 Nov 2022Land to the north west of Radley
Received 14 Nov 2023Sunmersby, Bessels Way, Blewbury, DIDCOT, OX11 9NN
Received 23 Aug 2017115 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5LW
Received 6 Sept 20222 Lime Road, Oxford, OX2 9EG
Received 30 Jul 2025Unit 7 Kings Walk, Limborough Road, WANTAGE, OX12 9AJ
Received 16 May 2017The Former Faringdon Junior School, Southampton Street, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Received 16 Jan 2017Records 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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