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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
11,307 approved · 1,001 refused · 1,189 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highwood House, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QR
Received 18 Oct 202463 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BU
Received 14 Oct 20219 Abingdon Road, Tubney, ABINGDON, OX13 5QL
Received 21 Apr 2017Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 3 Nov 2023Skippetts Stables, Dene Hollow, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SN
Received 6 May 2021208 Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX13 6RN
Received 4 Feb 2022Pinewood School, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HZ
Received 22 Sept 2023Little Orchard Lamborough Hill Wootton Abingdon OX13 6DA
Received 20 Jul 20261 Orchard Gardens, West Challow, WANTAGE, OX12 9TL
Received 13 Mar 201726 Thornley Close, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1GQ
Received 28 Sept 2017Goosey Wick Farmhouse, Access Road To Gooseywick Farm, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EY
Received 16 Jun 2022Hartwell Property Investment, Wootton Business Park, Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6FD
Received 14 Feb 202426 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LJ
Received 21 Sept 2021The Old Barn, Main Road, Fyfield, Abingdon, OX13 5LN
Received 3 Oct 2023Elm Tree House, 24 High Street, Shrivenham, Wilts, SN6 8AA
Received 17 Jun 202219 Hardwell Close, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0BN
Received 7 Apr 2021The Dairy, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 7QE
Received 17 Dec 20182B Furlongs, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4GE
Received 7 Nov 2024Woodbine Cottage, Cat Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JR
Received 18 Dec 2018178 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SD
Received 13 Mar 2023Appleton Manor Eaton Road Appleton Abingdon OX13 5JR
Received 18 May 2026Pentreen, Stream Road, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JG
Received 10 Feb 2025Units 1 and 2, The Grain Sheds, Barrow Road, Drayton, OX13 6JQ
Received 14 Jun 2017Manor Cottage, Great Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7NB
Received 5 Jan 2026Records 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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