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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
11,537 approved · 1,008 refused · 1,205 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
15 The Causeway, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SE
Received 13 Nov 20234 Ferny Close, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 3AN
Received 5 Aug 2025Lyford House Road Running Through Lyford Lyford Wantage OX12 0EG
Received 16 Jul 2026101 Kimmeridge Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9RQ
Received 6 Jun 2025Westfield, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8HD
Received 1 Feb 2024Millets Farm Garden Centre, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5HB
Received 27 Nov 2018Rockley Farm House, 16 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH
Received 26 Aug 2025Church Farm, Farringdon Road, Shippon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1TW
Received 1 Sept 2021Land between Upton Footpath & Upton Byway, off Hollow Way, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9HP
Received 4 Oct 2023Land At Fernham Road, Faringdon
Received 23 Mar 2021Phase 8 Grove Airfield, Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 29 Jan 202686-88 Jubilee Avenue, Milton Park, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RW
Received 19 Aug 2025Laurel Bank, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PD
Received 27 Nov 2025Land at Challow Park, East Challow, Wantage, OX12 9RH
Received 20 Sept 201753 Appleton Road, Cumnor, OX2 9QH
Received 27 Jun 2018229 Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3SQ
Received 1 Nov 201851 The Motte, ABINGDON, OX14 3NZ
Received 14 Dec 201715-16 Abbey Close Abingdon OX14 3JD
Received 3 Jul 202630 Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AX
Received 20 Jun 2023Cleveland Farm, Shrivenham Road, Longcot, Faringdon, SN7 7TW
Received 22 Apr 2022Blackthorn Lodge, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JG
Received 27 Jun 2023Grange Farm Stables, Cleyfields, Bourton
Received 2 Dec 2022Pippins, Locks Lane, Wantage, OX12 9DB
Received 25 Jul 2023112 Caldecott Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5HD
Received 14 Jul 2017Records 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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