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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
11,157 approved · 995 refused · 1,171 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Kingfisher Close, Abingdon, OX14 5NP
Received 16 Dec 20228 Corn Avill Close, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 2ND
Received 1 Mar 202367A High Street, Sutton Courtenay, ABINGDON, OX14 4AT
Received 24 Jan 201819 Curtis Avenue, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3TT
Received 3 Aug 201757 Abbott Road, Abingdon, OX14 2DU
Received 25 Jun 202118 Sellwood Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PE
Received 2 Sept 202244 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5EB
Received 24 Mar 2021Plane Tree, Church Street, Appleford, Abingdon, OX14 4PA
Received 8 Mar 2024Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 21 Feb 202280 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5DH
Received 19 Dec 2018The Dower House, London Road, Blewbury, OX11 9PD
Received 22 Nov 202230 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2HY
Received 9 Apr 201838 Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 8 Dec 202314 Blenheim Way, Southmoor, Oxon, OX13 5NQ
Received 1 Jun 2023Grove House South, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7PF
Received 30 Jun 2022Bridge Farm, Road Running Through Littleworth Village, Littleworth, FARINGDON, SN7 8JY
Received 18 Sept 2017Frilford Grange Cottage Kingston Road Frilford Abingdon OX13 5NX
Received 10 Aug 2026The Old Piggery, Avenue Road, Bourton, SN6 8JL
Received 27 Sept 2023Mead Edge, The Lynch, East Hendred, WANTAGE, OX12 8LB
Received 13 Sept 2016Orchard House, Road Between High Street And Godfreys Farm, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UT
Received 29 Oct 202513 Squires Road Watchfield Swindon SN6 8TW
Received 12 Aug 20265 Badswell Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JN
Received 22 Jun 2018Peartree Barn, The Causeway, Steventon, ABINGDON, OX13 6SQ
Received 13 Apr 2017241 Radley Road, ABINGDON, OX14 3SQ
Received 30 Mar 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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