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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
11,469 approved · 1,008 refused · 1,200 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 off, School Road, West Hanney, WANTAGE, OX12 0LA
Received 30 Jun 2017Land north of Hobbyhorse Lane, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4BB
Received 29 Jul 202466 The Glebe, Cumnor, Oxfordshire
Received 8 Sept 2016Peartree Barn, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EX
Received 4 Mar 2019Wicklesham Quarry, Sand Hill, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 2 Oct 2023Grass area in front of 39 Priory Orchard, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9EL
Received 28 Nov 201877 Bradstocks Way, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4DB
Received 23 Jun 2016Bohams, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Oxon, OX11 9QB
Received 18 Dec 2017Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange Roundabout, and the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden
Received 19 Mar 2026The Old Cottage, Church Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LA
Received 17 Nov 2022Race Farm, Race Farm Lane, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AU
Received 26 Sept 2018Ginge House, Ginge, Wantage, OX12 8QS
Received 31 Aug 201833 Cumnor Hill, OXFORD, OX2 9EY
Received 17 Apr 20186 Buchan Place, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5GE
Received 5 Jul 2023The Stables, Ashtree Farm, Buckland, FARINGDON, SN7 8PX
Received 27 Jun 2017Land adjacent to Yew Tree Barn, The Paddocks, East Hanney
Received 6 Aug 2024101 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SJ
Received 24 Sept 202516 Whites Lane, Radley, Oxon, OX14 2JJ
Received 23 Jun 201632 Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DA
Received 7 Sept 2018Land at Fallowfields, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, OX13 5BH
Received 24 Apr 2017St Michaels, Spring Copse, Oxford, OX1 5BJ
Received 7 Jan 20219 Fullwell Close, ABINGDON, OX14 1JX
Received 27 Feb 2017The Croft, 1 Woods Farm Road, East Hendred, WANTAGE, OX12 8JA
Received 9 Feb 201810 Swinburne Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2HD
Received 7 Sept 2016Records 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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