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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
11,419 approved · 1,007 refused · 1,199 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 adjacent to Middle Barn, Bullockpits Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5HJ
Received 21 Nov 2018Land north of A417, East of Wantage, Wantage, OX12 8PL
Received 24 Oct 2017PCP030v2 Gramps Hill, S/O Wellands, Letcombe Bassett, OX12 9LP
Received 17 Oct 2016Kilbo, South Row, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RT
Received 28 May 2025Birch Cottage, Orchard Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JH
Received 1 Dec 2023Ock Mill, Marcham Road, ABINGDON, OX14 1AD
Received 21 Dec 2016Hill Farm, Faringdon Road, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9PD
Received 20 Sept 2021Southcombe Farm, South Hinksey, Oxford, OX1 5AR
Received 3 Jan 20231 Market Place, Abingdon, OX14 3HG
Received 9 Jul 2018Botley Medical Centre, Elms Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9JS
Received 3 Jan 2018Sunningwood House, Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DX
Received 13 Aug 2025The Pump House, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EX
Received 4 Apr 2018Orchard Green, Charney Bassett, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 0EP
Received 16 Nov 2017QE2 Community Sport and Recreation Site, Cottage Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 24 Mar 2026Goosey Wick Farmhouse, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EY
Received 14 May 2024Waylands, Bassett Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9JP
Received 21 Dec 2021Painswick House, Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NP
Received 30 Aug 2018The Old Post Office 45 Coleshill Coleshill Swindon SN6 7PR
Received 16 Jun 2026Land to the rear of White Rosen, Icknield Lane, Wantage, OX12 8EF
Received 8 Jan 2026Brightside House, 10 Regent Mews, Faringdon, SN7 7JJ
Received 29 May 20258 St Michael House, Priory Road, Wantage, OX12 9DE
Received 22 Aug 2016Abingdon School, Park Lodge, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 1 Feb 2024Locktons Farmhouse, Church Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EZ
Received 16 Apr 2018176 Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AE
Received 16 Nov 2021Records 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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