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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11,207 approved · 997 refused · 1,178 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Ashbrook House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 23 Jul 2018Land at Milton Hill, Milton Heights, Milton, ABINGDON, OX14 4DR
Received 13 Feb 20182 Parkers Close, Faringdon, SN7 7BD
Received 31 Oct 2018Former Grove Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road
Received 3 Dec 2021Bohams House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, DIDCOT, OX11 9QB
Received 7 Nov 201647 Meadowside, ABINGDON, OX14 5DX
Received 19 Sept 201626 Church Street, Faringdon, SN7 8AD
Received 13 Oct 2021S/O 66 to 76 West St Helens Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BP
Received 3 Jan 2017Tacoma, Netherton Road, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5QW
Received 11 Jan 2021Dellands, Didcot Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DP
Received 11 Jul 202413 Northcourt Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1PW
Received 11 May 201883 Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DX
Received 17 Feb 2022Lower Mill House, Kingstone Winslow, Swindon, SN6 8NF
Received 4 Oct 20181 Priory Mead, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TJ
Received 23 Jun 2021Radley College, Radley College, Kennington Road, ABINGDON, OX14 2HR
Received 20 Jun 201850 Laburnum Road, Oxford, OX2 9EN
Received 8 Jul 2025Brook Cottage, The Millham, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RN
Received 18 Jan 201833 West Way, OXFORD, OX2 0JE
Received 6 Dec 20173 Marina Way, Abingdon, OX14 5TN
Received 16 Jun 20221 Lower Whitley Road, Filchampstead, Oxford, OX2 9NU
Received 27 Mar 2025The Guildhall, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 28 Jan 2019Tylers, Bessels Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NJ
Received 20 Apr 2021Land adj to Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 28 Jan 20214 Sheepwash Lane, Steventon, Oxon, OX13 6SD
Received 11 Sept 2025Records 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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