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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11,157 approved · 995 refused · 1,171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
40 Hampden Road, WANTAGE, OX12 7DP
Received 12 Sept 20178A Stallpits Road, Shrivenham, SWINDON, SN6 8BG
Received 6 Sept 2016Poplar Corner, Wootton Village, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JL
Received 10 Feb 2022The Old Bakehouse, 17 - 18A Thames Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3HZ
Received 24 May 20189 Buchan Place, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5GE
Received 8 Mar 202211 Limestone Lane, Faringdon, SN7 7GT
Received 23 Mar 20236 Hidden Brook, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5JQ
Received 31 Jul 2024Phase 4 Land at Crab Hill, Land North of A417 and East of A33, Wantage
Received 17 Jan 202236 Aldworth Avenue, Wantage, OX12 7EJ
Received 3 Apr 2018Park View, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NL
Received 7 Jun 2023Croft Lodge, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8RG
Received 18 Jan 2024Land off The Lynch, East Hendred
Received 18 Jan 2019Second Floor South Wing Midland House, West Way, OXFORD, OX2 0PL
Received 6 Dec 2016Buttonmead Bessels Way Blewbury Didcot OX11 9NH
Received 4 Aug 2026Centre Of Pond 213m From 1 Bowling Green Cottages 131m From, Stanford Road, Faringdon, SN7 8HB
Received 25 Sept 2023Oakleigh, Millway Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5LB
Received 30 Jul 2024Land at Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX13 6RN
Received 18 Sept 20183 Sweetmans Road, Oxford, OX2 9BA
Received 15 Jun 202156 Mably Grove, Wantage, OX12 9XW
Received 30 Jun 2025Fernhill, Church Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JS
Received 8 Oct 201816 Diamond Way, Chilton, DIDCOT, OX11 0TT
Received 15 Nov 2016Land to the north of Denchworth Road, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 22 Jul 20247 Collinsmith Drive, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LY
Received 3 Oct 2023Land North of Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, OX11 0GD
Received 14 Nov 2022Records 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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