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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11,419 approved · 1,007 refused · 1,199 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 23 Jul 2021Faringdon Leisure Centre, Fernham Road, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7LB
Received 29 Sept 2021Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 25 Mar 2019Holmes Garden, East Hanney, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 0HQ
Received 16 Dec 2022Harcott House & Lodge, Wellshead Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HD
Received 30 Apr 2024Home Farm, Coleshill Estate, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PT
Received 6 Oct 2021Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, OX2 9LP
Received 12 Jan 2023War Memorial, The Square, Abingdon, OX14 5AR
Received 15 Dec 202555 Chilton Field Way, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0SQ
Received 23 May 2023Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Ltd, B87 Jubilee Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RW
Received 23 Feb 202110 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BP
Received 25 Oct 2024White Cottage, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EX
Received 17 Jan 2022Street Record, Ladygrove Court, Abingdon, OX14 5DB
Received 25 Jan 2026Veor Farm House, West Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UJ
Received 1 Feb 201820 Church Street, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8AO
Received 20 Dec 201716 Mill Road, Abingdon, OX14 5NS
Received 30 May 2022Barnacle Lodge, Faringdon Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AJ
Received 17 Nov 20259 The Green, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JA
Received 29 Feb 2024Ock Lea Cottage, 48 Coopers Lane, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5GW
Received 19 Sept 202543 Edward Street, Abingdon, OX14 1DJ
Received 26 Apr 202195 Milton Park, Milton, OX14 4RY
Received 30 Nov 2016Letcombe Gardens, Station Road, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0DQ
Received 4 Jan 2019The Guildhall, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
Received 29 Oct 2018King Alfred School East, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8ET
Received 25 Jul 2018Records 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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