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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
11,334 approved · 1,004 refused · 1,190 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Whitehorns Way, Drayton, Abingdon, oxon, OX14 4LL
Received 4 Mar 2019Kingston Lisle Park, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, OX12 9QG
Received 9 Sept 2025Peartree Barn, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EX
Received 12 Mar 2019Paddocks End, West Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UJ
Received 11 Jul 20163, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 12 Aug 2021Thyme Cottage, Idstone, Swindon, SN6 8LH
Received 2 Aug 2023St Michaels Church, Blewbury, OX11 9QH
Received 10 Jun 2024Play/park area, Kingston Lisle, Oxon, OX12 9QP
Received 19 May 202122 Chapel Way, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UU
Received 28 Nov 2018The Old Farmhouse, Ginge, Wantage, OX12 8QR
Received 24 Feb 2025Southby, Section Of A420, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QR
Received 9 May 202419 Chapel Way, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UU
Received 8 Mar 202127A East St Helen Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5EE
Received 20 Jan 2021Jacksons Cottage, Fernham Road, Shellingford, Faringdon, SN7 7PU
Received 20 Aug 2025The Old Cottage, West Hendred, WANTAGE, Oxon, OX12 8RL
Received 21 Aug 2017Thickets, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BQ
Received 6 Apr 20231 Robsart Place, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QT
Received 13 Nov 2023115 Mayfield Avenue, Grove, OX12 7NE
Received 14 Feb 2017White Cottage, High Street, Harwell, DIDCOT, OX11 0EX
Received 25 Apr 201819, Eaton, Abingdon, OX13 5PR
Received 15 Jun 202133 Mons Way, ABINGDON, OX14 1NJ
Received 8 May 2017Land at Former Didcot A Power Station, north of Milton Road, Didcot
Received 17 Apr 2023Old Farm House, Fyfield, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 5LR
Received 1 Feb 2023The Close West Street Childrey Wantage OX12 9UL
Received 4 Sept 2026Records 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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