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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
11,207 approved · 997 refused · 1,178 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Aug 2016 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
5 The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6RR
Received 17 Jan 202316 Diamond Way, Chilton, DIDCOT, OX11 0TT
Received 3 Oct 2016148 Ock Street, ABINGDON, OX14 5DT
Received 12 Dec 20165 Northcourt Lane, Abingdon, OX14 1QA
Received 16 Dec 2021Woodview, Dunstead Lane, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QL
Received 21 Feb 202531 Fairthorne Way, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8EA
Received 1 Aug 2025Land East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham
Received 30 Apr 2018Home Farm, North Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8RG
Received 27 Jun 2023Lyford Manor Farm, Lyford, Wantage, OX12 0EG
Received 18 Jul 2018Home Farm, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QA
Received 17 Feb 2025Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 12 Sept 202265 Norman Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 2HL
Received 23 Sept 202117 Cherwell Close, Oxfordshire, Abingdon, OX14 3TD
Received 20 Jun 2025West Way Place, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LS
Received 13 Jan 202621a Wasbrough Avenue, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9BQ
Received 13 Jul 2017A34 Lodge Hill Interchange, Abingdon, OX14 1RW
Received 4 Sept 20244 Gooseacre, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3BL
Received 9 Feb 2021The Old Malt House, 48 Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 27 Jun 202322 Badswell Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JN
Received 12 May 202223 Meadow Close, Grove, OX12 7NN
Received 27 Oct 2025Church Centre, St Helens Court, Abingdon, OX14 5BS
Received 15 Apr 2024Georgian House, 9 Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 19 Jun 2025Featherbed Cottage, 11 Newbury Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LG
Received 25 Apr 2025Badgers Holt, South Street, Blewbury, DIDCOT, OX11 9PR
Received 30 Aug 2017Records 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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