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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
11,445 approved · 1,008 refused · 1,200 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lynwood, West Challow, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9TN
Received 17 Mar 20228 Kings Avenue, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6QA
Received 21 Aug 2024Hypha Discovery, 154B Brook Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4SD
Received 22 Jan 20264 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8BS
Received 21 Mar 2022Manor Close, Chilton, DIDCOT, OX11 0SS
Received 8 Jul 2016Brick Barn, New Manor Farm, Longworth Road, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0ET
Received 26 Sept 2018The Cottage, The Green, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0AW
Received 20 Jan 2022Agents Cottage, Sandy Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HH
Received 30 Jul 2018PCP017 Bagley Wood OPP Old Turnpike Cottage, Lodge Hill, Oxford, 450787 200751, OX14 2JA
Received 13 Dec 2016O/S 24, 36, 37 & 50 St James Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3AH
Received 6 Nov 2023Half Acre, Main Street, East Hanney, WANTAGE, OX12 0JE
Received 5 Jan 2017Cutts End House Appleton Road Cumnor Oxford OX2 9QH
Received 3 Sept 2026Garden House, Milton Hill, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AD
Received 8 Oct 2018Pilgrims Rest, The Pilgrims Way, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NG
Received 23 Jun 2022Land Adjacent Townsend Road, Shrivenham, SWINDON, SN6 8HR
Received 16 Sept 2016113079 & Denmans Farm, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 0PY
Received 23 Feb 201825B Hawthorn Close, Oxford, OX2 9DY
Received 31 Jan 2023Norrington House, 22 High Street, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JL
Received 14 Jan 2019Land East of Highworth Road, Shrivenham, SN6 8BL
Received 10 Mar 2023Bradfield Grove Farm, Access Road To Bradfield Grove Farm, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0DL
Received 20 Apr 2018Land Adjacent To A420, Watchfield, Westmill Farm, Highworth Road, Watchfield, SN6 8TH
Received 10 Aug 2021Land to the Rear of Halls Close, Halls Close, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LU
Received 13 Jun 202339A Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4JX
Received 23 Jul 202520 Parsons Mead, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1LS
Received 2 Aug 2017Records 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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