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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
11,400 approved · 1,006 refused · 1,199 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 12 Oct 20219 Corn Avill Close, Abingdon, OX14 2ND
Received 4 Nov 2021Cross Trees, 1 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, OX14 4AD
Received 19 Nov 20256 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AZ
Received 22 Sept 2022Gate Cottage, Road Alongside Lower Common, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7SG
Received 12 Jan 2021Winding Way, South Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PR
Received 30 Oct 201769 High Street, Milton, ABINGDON, OX14 4EJ
Received 25 Nov 201643 St Johns Road, Grove, WANTAGE, OX12 7NP
Received 19 Oct 2017133 Pinnocks Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9DF
Received 5 Sept 2018Ashbrook House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9QA
Received 24 Oct 202371 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6SQ
Received 9 Apr 20213 Sarajac Avenue, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9SA
Received 18 Jan 202432 Lime Road Oxford OX2 9EG
Received 11 May 2026Thickets, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BQ
Received 16 Jan 2019Appleton Manor Eaton Road Appleton Abingdon OX13 5JR
Received 28 Aug 2026Mill Cottage, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, WANTAGE, OX12 9LL
Received 26 Feb 20188 Holland Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PH
Received 26 Mar 2018Blandys Cottage, Bassett Road, Letcombe Regis, Wantage, OX12 9LJ
Received 9 May 2022Site Of, 18 Hids Copse Road, Oxford, OX2 9JJ
Received 30 Oct 201835 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LY
Received 12 Feb 2026Land at Milton Hill, Milton Heights, Milton, ABINGDON, OX14 4DR
Received 14 Feb 2018Field House, 111 Sugworth Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HX
Received 16 Jan 20235 Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DF
Received 23 Oct 2018Kingswell Hotel And Restaurant, Reading Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LZ
Received 1 Mar 2023Records 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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