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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
11,230 approved · 999 refused · 1,180 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Mill Road, Abingdon, OX14 5NS
Received 17 Nov 2023Daintree, Silver Street, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7NZ
Received 27 Apr 2023Church Farm, Faringdon Road, Abingdon
Received 23 Feb 2018The Blueberry, London Road, Blewbury, OX11 9NU
Received 24 May 20184 Hillside, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HS
Received 25 May 202138 Sutton Wick Lane, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4HJ
Received 9 Jan 2023Thatched Barn, 36 Milton Lane, Steventon, ABINGDON, OX13 6SA
Received 3 Apr 2018Muckles Hut, Bedwells Heath, Oxford, OX1 5JE
Received 26 Jan 2024Chilswell Barn, Chilswell Lane, OXFORD, OX1 5BN
Received 2 Jun 201750 Coxwell Road, Faringdon, SN7 7JX
Received 24 Sept 202155 Mayfield Avenue, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7ND
Received 12 Apr 20174 Segsbury Road, Wantage, OX12 9XR
Received 24 Mar 2025105 Poplar Grove, Kennington, OXFORD, OX1 5QR
Received 1 Aug 2017Sheepdrove Organic Farm, Sheepdrove Road, Lambourn, RG17 7UU
Received 10 Sept 202428 Wytham View, Oxford, OX2 9SP
Received 5 Dec 202516 East St Helens Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5EA
Received 3 Mar 202620 Pinnocks Way, Oxford, OX2 9DG
Received 5 Feb 2024Manor Farm, North Hinksey Lane, North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 14 Jul 2025Coopers, Woolstone, Faringdon, SN7 7QL
Received 28 Feb 2022Thatcher Cottage, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 25 Apr 2024West View Cottage, Church Lane, Longworth, ABINGDON, OX13 5DX
Received 12 Apr 2017Southfield, Ham Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9EE
Received 16 Aug 2017Rectory House, Broadbrook Lane, Sparsholt, WANTAGE, OX12 9PT
Received 24 May 2017Jacksons Cottage, Fernham Road, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7PU
Received 21 Nov 2023Records 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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