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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11,230 approved · 999 refused · 1,180 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Blaise Park, Milton Hill, Milton
Received 23 Dec 20215 Hill Close, East Challow, WANTAGE, OX12 9RU
Received 29 Jun 2017Sparsholt House, Sparsholt Street, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 14 Dec 20214 Kingfisher Close, Abingdon, OX14 5NP
Received 12 Jul 2022Gainfield Farmhouse, Gainfield, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QH
Received 21 Feb 2017Land at North Shrivenham, Highworth Road, Shrivenahm, SN6 8BH
Received 15 Jun 2023140 Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Milton, OX14 4SB
Received 16 Mar 202127 Brookside, Abingdon, OX14 1PD
Received 1 Sept 2025OS 1 Norman Avenue 450557,197778, Abingdon, OX14 2HQ
Received 16 Dec 2024OS Wootton & Dry Sandford Community Centre Lamborough Hill Wootton Abingdon OX13 6DA
Received 20 Aug 2026Badbury Hill, Coleshill, SN7 7NL
Received 12 Apr 2022Ivy House, Horn Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LD
Received 8 May 2017Old Dunsdons, North Green, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LQ
Received 9 Aug 2018Land at Great Western Park, Didcot Road, Didcot
Received 2 Sept 202127 Brookside, Abingdon, OX14 1PD
Received 22 May 20251 Johnstones, Goosey, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8PE
Received 4 Aug 2016The Manor House, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, ABINGDON, OX14 4AD
Received 21 Mar 201734 Charney Avenue, ABINGDON, OX14 2NY
Received 14 Dec 201713 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8BU
Received 1 Feb 2023Chilton Recycling Facility, Waste Transfer Station, Downs Lane, Chilton, OX11 0RP
Received 28 May 2021Smiths Hill Farm, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9LX
Received 17 Feb 2021Well House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QL
Received 20 Mar 20191 Alfred Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8AN
Received 9 Nov 202111 Hazel Road, Oxford, OX2 9LE
Received 20 Mar 2025Records 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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