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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
11,498 approved · 1,008 refused · 1,200 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67 Upper Road Kennington Oxford OX1 5LN
Received 31 Jul 202614 Kingfisher Close, Abingdon, OX14 5NP
Received 29 May 2023ASDA Store, Great Western Park, Didcot, OX11 6DG
Received 6 Sept 2017The Mulberries Main Street East Hanney Wantage OX12 0JF
Received 12 Aug 2026Land adjacent to Frilford Heath Golf Club, Frilford
Received 16 Mar 201718 Third Acre Rise, Oxford, OX2 9DA
Received 2 Jul 2018The Red House, High Street, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5DU
Received 15 Mar 2017Radley C Of E Primary School, Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3QF
Received 9 Dec 2022Mandalay, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, DIDCOT, OX11 9QB
Received 25 Jul 201723 Hutchcomb Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9HL
Received 27 Mar 201715 Colegrove Down, Oxford, OX2 9HT
Received 28 Jul 2021Betjeman Millennium Park, Mill Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9AB
Received 6 Oct 202132-36, Priory Road, Wantage, OX12 9DD
Received 25 Sept 2018Cherbury Cottage, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QD
Received 20 Oct 2021Land Adjoining Stone Hills Lane, Oday Hill, Sutton Wick, Abingdon, OX14 4AA
Received 22 Aug 2018145 Gainsborough Green, Abingdon, OX14 5JW
Received 13 Jul 2021Lloyds Bank House, 8 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AW
Received 28 Mar 202518 Waxes Close, Abingdon, OX14 2NG
Received 11 Feb 2021Matrix Arts Centre, 15-17 The Nursery, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4UA
Received 3 Jul 201715A High Street, Ardington, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8PS
Received 1 Sept 2023Abingdon Hospital, Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1AG
Received 2 Feb 2021Little Fosters, Youlbury, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5HD
Received 6 Jun 2022Lamb And Flag House, Faringdon Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HN
Received 8 Jul 2022Dragon Hill, Woolstone Road, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RE
Received 9 May 2022Records 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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