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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
11,051 approved · 991 refused · 1,158 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 High Street, Shrivenham, SWINDON, SN6 8AN
Received 4 Apr 2018145 Gainsborough Green, Abingdon, OX14 5JW
Received 17 May 20235B Lechlade Road, FARINGDON, SN7 8AL
Received 24 Nov 2016Gems Didcot Primary Academy, Chestnut Drive, Harwell, OX11 6DP
Received 6 Sept 2021Kings Park, Unit 8, Limborough Road, Wantage, OX12 9AJ
Received 20 Apr 202347 Whitehorns Way Drayton Abingdon OX14 4LH
Received 6 Jul 2026Rhodes Farm, Eaton Hastings, Faringdon, SN7 8BJ
Received 26 Mar 20264 Reading Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RH
Received 27 May 2021Local Centre, Land at Great Western Park [new local centre]
Received 11 Aug 201711 Brumcombe Lane, Bayworth, ABINGDON, OX13 6QU
Received 21 Oct 2016Cedarwood, Cameron Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 3SR
Received 25 Oct 202151 South Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QR
Received 26 Jan 20241 Westfields, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1BA
Received 19 Jan 2017The Manor Preparatory School, Faringdon Road, Shippon, ABINGDON, OX13 6LN
Received 29 May 2018Thatched Cottage, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, WANTAGE, OX12 9LL
Received 23 Mar 2017Tigin Ban, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EU
Received 13 Feb 20265 Yarnells Road, Oxford, OX2 0JY
Received 3 Apr 202539, East Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 8QD
Received 18 Aug 2023The Lodge, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QQ
Received 18 Jan 2019Pollards, Townsend, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DX
Received 27 May 2025Beech Lodge, 12 Elderberry Close, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0FJ
Received 12 Feb 202145A Cumnor Hill, OXFORD, OX2 9EY
Received 10 Mar 2017Land South of Churchmere Road, Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, OX14 4AQ
Received 8 Jul 202516 Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AX
Received 24 Jan 2023Records 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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