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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
11,294 approved · 1,001 refused · 1,186 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land north of Grove Road, Harwell
Received 19 Mar 201821 Harebell Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 6EW
Received 20 Oct 2021Redrow Homes, Blaise Park, Milton, OX13 6GH
Received 28 Apr 2025Land adj to High Street, High Street, Milton
Received 19 Jan 20182 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HQ
Received 26 Jan 202122 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BP
Received 16 Aug 2021Denchworth Manor Hyde Road Denchworth Wantage OX12 0DX
Received 6 May 20265 Norreys Road, Cumnor, OX2 9PT
Received 3 Nov 2025Pondside, 22 Appleton Road, Cumnor Village, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 5 Dec 2018Hollytree Cottage, Tucks Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5ET
Received 16 Feb 20261 Fairthorne Way, Shrivenham, SN6 8EB
Received 27 Apr 2022Lyford Grange, Lyford, Wantage, OX12 0EQ
Received 14 Apr 202356 Preston Road, ABINGDON, OX14 5LY
Received 22 Feb 2018Land Off Grove Road Wantage, Grove Road, Wantage, OX12 7DR
Received 21 Jun 2021Land-o, The Winnaway, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0JG
Received 26 Aug 2025Long Alley Almshouses, St Helens Wharf, Abingdon, OX14 5EJ
Received 19 Jul 2023Land to the north of Bramley Cottage, Milton Hill, Steventon, ABINGDON, OX14 4DP
Received 5 Jul 201738A Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, OXFORD, OX1 5LY
Received 31 Mar 2017Orange PCS (OXF21) Dunmore Leisure Centre, Dunmore Farm, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6BH
Received 28 Mar 2023Riverside House Church Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AD
Received 8 Sept 202640 Netherton Road, Appleton, ABINGDON, OX13 5JZ
Received 16 Jan 2018Suits 1-4, 127 Olympic Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SA
Received 27 Mar 202332 Galley Field, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3RT
Received 4 Dec 2017Borley Bank, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JE
Received 13 Jan 2017Records 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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