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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
11,372 approved · 1,005 refused · 1,198 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sunningwell Foothpath 372/8 from, Sunningwell Village to, Lincombe Lane
Received 28 Mar 2018Beech Cottage, Compton Beauchamp, Swindon, SN6 8NW
Received 18 Sept 2018Clover Cottage, 1 Church View, Longcot, FARINGDON, SN7 7TA
Received 2 Aug 2016Watercress Lodge, Station Road, Ashbury, Swindon, SN6 8LN
Received 11 Jul 2018The Old Bakehouse, 17 - 18A Thames Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3HZ
Received 6 Apr 2018K & M Rashid Ltd Frilford Service Station, Frilford Road, Marcham, ABINGDON, OX13 6QL
Received 2 Aug 20177 Millbrook Close, Blewbury, DIDCOT, OX11 9QL
Received 23 Nov 2017The Bothy, 2 Halls Close, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LU
Received 11 Feb 2025Land East of Grove, Oxfordshire
Received 27 Oct 202111 Ross Court, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5AD
Received 17 Jan 2023Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire
Received 13 May 2025Owlscote Barn, High Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JE
Received 8 Feb 2021Champs Folly, Kingston Road, Frilford, ABINGDON, OX13 5NX
Received 30 Jan 20186 Northcourt Walk, Abingdon, OX14 2EJ
Received 20 Nov 2017Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7NP
Received 13 Sept 2023Land at Honeybottom Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon
Received 31 Oct 2024Former Grove Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road
Received 4 Apr 2023The Boundary House, 69 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AA
Received 24 May 20236 Seacourt Road, Oxford, OX2 9LD
Received 9 Feb 2021Badbury Hill, Faringdon, SN7 7NJ
Received 13 Mar 2026Porlock, Gramps Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LP
Received 5 Oct 2016The Bothy, Gainfield Farm, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QH
Received 5 Sept 20172 Woodland Cottages, Bayworth Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DF
Received 29 Aug 202538 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BZ
Received 3 Apr 2018Records 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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