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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
11,585 approved · 1,010 refused · 1,208 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kingston Lisle Park, Manor Farm Barn, Kingston Lyle, Wantage, OX12 9QX
Received 20 Feb 2025The Old Farmyard, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LG
Received 28 Jun 2024East Wildern, Brook Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4AH
Received 31 Jan 2019Building One, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon, OX14 1UQ
Received 25 Feb 2026Ferry Cottage, 7 North Hinksey Village, Oxford, OX2 0NA
Received 29 Jan 2019Dulcina, Newmans Close, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JA
Received 21 Feb 2022Chapmans, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, DIDCOT, OX11 9PG
Received 2 Dec 2016Monks Farm, Grove, OX12 0AH
Received 25 Oct 2023Stony Gables, Garford, OX13 5PF
Received 3 Oct 2022Springhill Farm, Springhill, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5HL
Received 12 Sept 2022Orchard Cottage, Summertown, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JG
Received 20 Oct 202549 High Street Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4AT
Received 1 Jun 2026Land adjoining no 16 Yarnells Road, North Hinksey, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0JY
Received 2 Mar 2021Buckland Marsh House, Buckland Marsh, Faringdon, SN7 8RD
Received 16 Feb 2026Mill Orchard Barns, Mill Orchard, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JJ
Received 15 Mar 2025Land at Monk's Farm, Grove
Received 8 Apr 2022Land off Milton Road, Milton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BS
Received 15 Mar 201712 Vicarage Lane, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8DT
Received 12 Jul 2023OPP 9B Sunningwell Road, Suningwell, Abingdon, OX13 6BN
Received 11 Jun 2024Pennyhooks Farm, Pennyhooks Lane, Shrivenham, SN6 8EX
Received 22 Dec 202367 Milton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BX
Received 23 Aug 2022Peachcroft Farm (Unit 15), Whites Lane, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2HP
Received 23 May 202552 Sellwood Road, ABINGDON, OX14 1PF
Received 29 Sept 2016Westcot Farm House, Westcot, Westcot, Wantage, OX12 9QA
Received 27 Mar 2026Records 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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