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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
11,603 approved · 1,012 refused · 1,209 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Barn House, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PB
Received 6 Jun 2022Land at Fallowfields Hotel, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BH
Received 5 Jul 2018Former Wicklesham Quarry, Faringdon, SN7 7PH
Received 6 Aug 202597 Wootton Village, Wooton, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5HW
Received 9 Jun 2023Land at Fallowfields Hotel, Faringdon Road, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BH
Received 26 Sept 2018Buscot Manor, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8DA
Received 4 May 2021Woodcutters Barn, Road Running From B4508 To Home Farm, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8QB
Received 6 Jan 202318 Bagley Close, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LT
Received 26 Sept 20258 Dean Butler Close, Wantage, OX12 9EJ
Received 3 Oct 202323 Pennyroyal Place, Harwell, OX11 6FY
Received 13 Jan 20231 King Street, Abingdon, OX14 5GB
Received 1 Feb 20221a Wakes Place, Fernham Road, Longcot, FARINGDON, SN7 7TQ
Received 26 May 2017Kiftsgate Wytham Oxford OX2 8QN
Received 2 Sept 2026Former Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newland Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 30 May 202495 Austin Place, Abingdon, OX14 1LX
Received 21 Oct 2024Chandlers, Halls Lane, East Hanney, WANTAGE, OX12 0HJ
Received 8 Feb 201815 Ross Court Kennington Oxford OX1 5AD
Received 12 Jun 2026Chain Hill Farm, Chain Hill Road, Wantage, OX12 8PB
Received 4 Jul 201727 Parsons Mead, Abingdon, OX14 1LS
Received 7 Dec 2023Downs House, Rectory Lane, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW
Received 14 Mar 2024Land East of Sutton Courtenay Lane, Sutton Courtenay
Received 20 Jun 2018Home Farm, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 22 Sept 20225 Bowes House, Lechlade Road, Faringdon, SN7 8AL
Received 15 Feb 2023The Old Farmhouse, 5 Kennel Lane, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6SB
Received 11 Oct 2024Records 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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