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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11,051 approved · 991 refused · 1,158 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brookside Bedwells Heath Boars Hill OX1 5JE
Received 3 Jun 2026Little Mulfords, Church Street, East Hendred, WANTAGE, OX12 8LA
Received 18 Apr 20174 Town Close, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BA
Received 26 Jan 2021Willow Cottage, Steventon Hill, Steventon, ABINGDON, OX13 6AA
Received 7 Dec 201618 Meadow Close, Farmoor, OXFORD, OX2 9NZ
Received 10 Mar 2017Albert Park, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1DS
Received 14 Nov 202328 Oxford Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PG
Received 12 Feb 202611 Ladygrove Court, Abingdon, OX14 5DB
Received 1 Oct 2024Pryor House, Snuggs Lane, East Hanney, WANTAGE, OX12 0HU
Received 3 Jan 2017Russet House, 7 Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 13 Jun 202515 Woodfield, Wantage, OX12 9AL
Received 25 Jan 2023Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange Roundabout, & the B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 3 Feb 2026Northfield Farm, Radcot Road, Faringdon, SN7 8DT
Received 10 Feb 2021Pound Farm, Goosey, Faringdon, SN7 8PA
Received 30 Sept 2024Church Cottage, Church Street, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7QA
Received 25 Nov 2024Wantage Town FC, Wantage Leisure Centre, Wantage, OX12
Received 7 Dec 201617 Elwes Close, ABINGDON, OX14 3UY
Received 6 Mar 201887 High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EJ
Received 15 Jul 2021Land at Former Froud's Builders Yard, Reading Road, Harwell
Received 11 Dec 201829 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EE
Received 9 Jun 2022Old Station House, Old Station Yard, Abingdon, OX14 3US
Received 26 Sept 202459 Hilliat Fields, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JF
Received 4 Sept 2024Barclays Bank Plc, Hinksey Court,, West Way,, Oxford, OX2 9LZ
Received 18 Jan 2021Rose Cottage Gaveston Road Harwell Didcot OX11 0HP
Received 22 Jun 2026Records 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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