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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10,990 approved · 986 refused · 1,155 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Manor Farm House Kingston Lisle Wantage OX12 9QL
Received 22 May 20261 Bankside, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RQ
Received 19 Jun 2025The Lindens, Old Boars Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5JJ
Received 30 Aug 201850 Bagley Close, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LT
Received 19 Feb 2024Grove Business Park Downsview Road Wantage OX12 9FF
Received 30 Jun 2026Fir Tree Cottage, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LW
Received 7 Jun 202176 Bradstocks Way, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4DA
Received 17 Mar 2026North East Abingdon Community Centre, Lindsay Drive, Abingdon, OX14 2RT
Received 30 Mar 2026Cedar Glen, Harris's Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EH
Received 20 Jun 202319 Stocks Lane, Steventon, OX13 6SG
Received 9 Sept 20241-3 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AL
Received 14 Oct 2024Fernham Fields, Faringdon, Swindon, SN7 7EZ
Received 19 Jun 201721 John Morris Road, Abingdon, OX14 5HN
Received 27 Apr 2023Land at Shrivenham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TN
Received 28 Feb 2024The Square Bungalow, Fernham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TG
Received 11 Apr 201887 Norreys Road, Cumnor, Oxfordshire, OX2 9PU
Received 8 Mar 202130 Pinnocks Way, OXFORD, OX2 9DG
Received 9 Oct 20171 The Pound, Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JY
Received 20 Mar 2025Oxford Space Systems, Unit 1 Zephyr Building, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RL
Received 24 Apr 2018195A Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9GG
Received 9 Aug 201824 Upper Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HY
Received 4 May 2023Abingdon School, Park Road, ABINGDON, OX14 1DE
Received 19 Apr 2017Home Farm, Bourton
Received 3 May 2018Abbey Farm, Road Running Through Goosey, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 21 Jan 2026Records 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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