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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11,445 approved · 1,008 refused · 1,200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
22-26 The Clock House, Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5SW
Received 20 Apr 2023Steventon Road, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0HP
Received 16 Aug 201836 Bosleys Orchard, Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7JP
Received 16 May 20175 Gardiner Close, Abingdon, OX14 3YA
Received 11 Mar 202113 The Croft, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LD
Received 16 Apr 2024Lains Barn, Grove Park Drive, Grove Park, Wantage, OX12 7QG
Received 8 Oct 2018Churchyard, All Saints Church, Goosey, Oxon, SN7 8PA
Received 4 Jan 2024Tamara, Locks Lane, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9DB
Received 6 Nov 202311 North Street, Marcham, Oxfordshire, OX13 6NG
Received 7 Sept 20212 Old Bakery Cottages, Bakery Lane, Letcombe Regis, WANTAGE, OX12 9JN
Received 19 Apr 2017The Ridings, Cartmel House, Bullockspit Lane, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HJ
Received 12 Jun 2023Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE
Received 25 Jan 2023Alfred's Lodge, 23 Ormond Road, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8EG
Received 17 Feb 2017The Stone House, Baulking, Faringdon, SN7 7QE
Received 26 Mar 202455 Aldiss Drive, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5GR
Received 5 Jan 202616 St Pauls Crescent, Oxford, OX2 9AG
Received 18 Aug 202516 Ormond Road, Wantage, OX12 8EG
Received 21 Aug 2024Shrivenham Church Of England Primary School, High Street, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AA
Received 8 Dec 2025The Mulberries, Main Street, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JF
Received 4 May 2021Kings Farm House, Townsend, Harwell, DIDCOT, OX11 0DX
Received 18 Oct 2016Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 10 Apr 2024St Lawrence House, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0NB
Received 13 Apr 2022Frax House, Faringdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AW
Received 30 Jun 202354 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 13 Dec 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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