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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11,603 approved · 1,012 refused · 1,209 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Kenilworth Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QP
Received 7 May 202442 North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0LY
Received 22 Jun 2022The Old Post Office, 45 Section Of B4019 Running Through Coleshill, Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PR
Received 29 Sept 202551 Yarnells Hill, Oxford, OX2 9BE
Received 28 Apr 202243 Whitelock Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PA
Received 28 Jul 2025Barns South of Priors Court, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LW
Received 5 Sept 2018Two Chimneys, 5-6 Ginge, Ginge, WANTAGE, OX12 8QR
Received 7 Jun 2017Brook House, 2 Brook Street, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4AH
Received 27 Feb 2025Wallbrook Court, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0QS
Received 5 Dec 2023Dahlia View Phase 2Tb Valley Park Didcot
Received 20 Aug 2026Bellingers, 111 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DQ
Received 14 Mar 201923 Hazel Road, Oxford, OX2 9LE
Received 15 May 2023Ragnall Farm, Road Passing Carswell Manor, Carswell, FARINGDON, SN7 8JN
Received 1 Aug 2016Land West of Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, FARINGDON, SN7 8HQ
Received 22 Jun 2016Land adjoining 3 Recreation Ground, Shrivenham, Swindon, Oxfordshire, SN6 8BJ
Received 11 Jun 2018Building R1, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Received 16 Nov 202328 High Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AX
Received 16 Jul 2025Upwood Park, Besselsleigh, Abingdon, OX13 5QE
Received 16 Sept 20168 Rimes Close, Kingston Bagpuize, ABINGDON, OX13 5AL
Received 13 Mar 201733 Chawley Lane, Cumnor, OXFORD, OX2 9PX
Received 2 Aug 201615 North Drive, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0PE
Received 21 Jun 2018Denmans Farm, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Cumnor, OX2 9SQ
Received 24 Jan 201937 Laurel Drive, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5DJ
Received 4 Jul 202226 Abbott Road, Abingdon, OX14 2DU
Received 23 May 2018Records 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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