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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
9,755 approved · 908 refused · 1,031 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 2017 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4FB
Received 10 Sept 2024Castle Farm Barn, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8NB
Received 19 Mar 2021129 Cumnor Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5JR
Received 11 Jul 20234 Park Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 1DF
Received 5 Nov 2021Six Elms, Stanton Road, OXFORD, OX2 9AY
Received 14 Dec 2017St Nicolas' Church, Market Place, Abingdon
Received 28 Jul 2023Unit 6, Area C, Radley Road Industrial Estate, Abingdon
Received 1 Feb 202455 Besselsleigh Road, Wootton, Abingdon, OX13 6DX
Received 1 Apr 20214 Croom Cottages, Wantage Road, Rowstock, Didcot, OX11 0JX
Received 8 Aug 202337 Cope Close, Oxford, OX2 9AJ
Received 16 Apr 2025Marela House, North Green, West Hanney, Oxon, OX12 0LQ
Received 29 Jan 20214 Mill Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NZ
Received 26 Jan 2023Westfield House, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8PN
Received 23 Oct 202480 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DH
Received 17 Jul 202496 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9HY
Received 24 Nov 2025Farmlands, Hinton Road, Longworth, Abingdon, OX13 5EA
Received 2 May 20241 Tuckers Road, Faringdon, SN7 7YQ
Received 6 Sept 2021Unit 7 Old Estate Yard, High Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JZ
Received 27 Aug 202417 Road Running Through Wytham Wytham Oxford OX2 8QA
Received 26 Jun 20266 Spa Street, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0TX
Received 28 Jul 2023Area To East Of Watchfield Sports Pavillion, Off Majors Road, Watchfield, Oxfordshire
Received 25 Jun 2021Former Rogers Concrete, Sandshill, Faringdon, SN7 7PQ
Received 4 Apr 202515A Woodcroft, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5NH
Received 13 May 2021Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange, and the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden
Received 24 Nov 2025Records 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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