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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
11,016 approved · 990 refused · 1,157 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Charlton Village Road, Charlton, Wantage, OX12 7HE
Received 3 Aug 2021Priorton, Vernon Avenue, OXFORD, OX2 9AU
Received 15 Mar 201737 Tennyson Drive, Abingdon, OX14 5PE
Received 5 Jan 2026Church Farmhouse, 20 Church Street, Faringdon, SN7 8AD
Received 15 Apr 2024Land North of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, OX11 0GD
Received 14 Nov 2022Rowlands, Church Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JB
Received 25 Aug 202211 Berens Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EG
Received 7 Apr 202271 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JW
Received 29 Jan 2019Coach Lane Churchyard Coach Lane Faringdon SN7 8AB
Received 1 Sept 2026Willow Cottage, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HX
Received 6 Sept 2017Redrow Homes Blaise Park Milton, OX13 6AG
Received 18 Apr 2024Land at Mallins Lane, Longcot, SN7 7TE
Received 17 Dec 20182 Linch Farm Wytham Oxford OX2 8QP
Received 2 Sept 2026Christmas Tree Cottage, 19 School Lane, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4EH
Received 8 Mar 2017Lodge Farm House, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QD
Received 31 Aug 2022Former Grove Airfield, Parcel 4, Grove
Received 15 Mar 2024Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 22 Dec 202347A Hurst Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PR
Received 21 Dec 2020The Thatches, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BQ
Received 21 Feb 2025Land to rear of 146 High Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, OX14 4AX
Received 5 Feb 2026Glebe House Lodge, Ginge Road, West Hendred, WANTAGE, OX12 8RS
Received 7 Dec 201670 Poplar Grove, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5QP
Received 21 Jun 2023Yew Trees ( Land at rear of Pippins ), Locks Lane, Wantage, OX12 9DB
Received 10 Jun 202416 Townsend Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AS
Received 4 Jun 2018Records 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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