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Vale of White Horse planning applications

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

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
18,231Searchable applications
307Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 10,820 approved or refused records
914Refused applications

9,906 approved · 914 refused · 1,047 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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Conservation areas55 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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  1. Decision MadeP26/V2888/HH

    Replacement of 6 number white painted corroded and leaking single glazed metal casement windows with white powder coated doubled glazed metal casement windows of similar style from the Cotswold Casement Company

    The Old Schoolhouse The Hill Bourton Swindon SN6 8JA

    Received 22 Jul 2026
  2. Decision MadeP18/V1817/DIS

    Discharge condition 4- highways miscellaneous on application ref P17/V2479/RM. Matters seeking approval are appearance, landscaping, layout and scale. The outline planning application was not an EIA application.

    King Alfred School East, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8ET

    Received 17 Jul 2018
  3. Decision MadeP22/V0312/HH

    Single storey rear extension. Remove the interior walls to provide a new kitchen and to move the current downstairs bathroom upstairs.

    8 Oxford Square, Watchfield, Swindon, SN6 8TB

    Received 20 Jun 2022
  4. Decision MadeP17/V3713/TPO

    Beech in front to remove major deadwood over 40mm in diameter. Cutback from boundary to give 2m clearance. Raise to statutory height over the road.

    West Lodge, 9 Coxwell Road, Faringdon, SN7 7EB

    Received 7 Sept 2017
  5. Decision MadeP17/V2711/FUL

    Change of use from C3 to sui generis use class to allow 7 bed HMO. (additional information received 16th January 2018, amended vision splays received 20th February 2018, and amended car parking plan received 28th September 2018).

    Heritage, 63A Oxford Road, Abingdon, OX14 2AA

    Received 6 Oct 2017
  6. Decision MadeP23/V2498/DIS

    Discharge of condition 7 (Surface Water Drainage Strategy) & 8 (Foul Water Drainage Strategy) on planning application P20/V0295/FUL Conversion of existing agricultural buildings to provide 4 residential dwellings.

    Lowerfield Farm, Lower Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HU

    Received 7 Nov 2023
  7. Decision MadeP18/V3257/TCA

    T1- Hazel Remove to ground level. Remarks:

    30 Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DS

    Received 9 May 2018
  8. Decision MadeP23/V0554/HH

    Demolition of section of front boundary wall to create widened vehicular access on to classified road, with proposed relocation of kerb stones (as amended by plans received on the 11 September and 26 October 2023).

    Dolphin House, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UE

    Received 15 Mar 2023
  9. Consultation PeriodP26/V4563/DIS

    Discharge of conditions 3(schedule of materials) and 4(joinery details) on application ref. P26/V0379/LB Single-storey extension to existing orangery/link. Replace existing orangery/link roof. Minor internal alterations to ground and first floor. Installation of 2no. air source heat pumps.

    Downs House Letcombe Bassett Wantage OX12 9LW

    Received 7 Oct 2026
  10. Decision MadeP18/V1096/NM

    Non material amendment to application ref. P15/V2722/HH - to replace the three permitted dormer windows on the north elevation with three roof lights Extensions to front and rear of house with 2no bedrooms within the existing and additional roof space. Detached garage with store to replaced attached garage being removed.

    Whispering Trees, Rectory Lane, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, OX13 5AT

    Received 2 May 2018
  11. Decision MadeP21/V2714/HH

    Proposed single storey front porch extension, new pitched roof over the existing garage (replacing the existing flat roof) and material alterations to the front of the dwelling

    52 South Avenue, Abingdon, OX14 1QR

    Received 29 Sept 2021
  12. Decision MadeP20/V3349/HH

    Replacement windows & doors in Conservation Area

    Marela House, North Green, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LQ

    Received 7 Jan 2021
  13. Decision MadeP23/V2303/LDP

    Single storey rear extension. Single storey side and rear extension. New door opening to ground floor, west elevation. New bifolding door opening to ground floor, south elevation. Two new roof windows to west facing roof slope. New flat rooflight to to existing flat roof.

    2 Hurst Rise Road, Oxford, OX2 9HQ

    Received 13 Oct 2023
  14. Decision MadeP21/V3096/HH

    Internal reconfiguration & garage conversion

    44 Oaksmere, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JS

    Received 4 Nov 2021
  15. Decision MadeP24/V1002/LDP

    Certificate of lawfulness to demonstrate that no development is occurring in the change of use from dwelling to children's home

    71 Charlton Road, Wantage, OX12 8HJ

    Received 2 May 2024
  16. Decision MadeP21/V3090/TCA

    Yew trees as marked on map. Adverse lean into neighbour's garden. Tree to be considered to be dangerous. Recommending removal. The Yew tree is positioned inside Kingston Lisle CA. Medium size approx 12m height. Marked with orange paint.

    Old Plough Cottage, Kingston Lisle, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9QL

    Received 3 Nov 2021
  17. Decision MadeP21/V1200/DIS

    Discharge of condition 3 in application P20/V2802/LB. Dismantle timber porch, and reassemble, replacing rotten timbers where necessary. Re-plastering underside and front face in lime, reinstating pargetting details lost since the original listing.

    22 Badswell Lane, Appleton, Abingdon, OX13 5JN

    Received 22 Apr 2021
  18. Decision MadeP22/V0318/HH

    Demolition of existing outbuilding and its replacement to feature garaging and various ancillary uses. (As amended by plans received 23/09/22)

    West Cottage, Stanford Road, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QL

    Received 16 Feb 2022
  19. Decision MadeP23/V2742/DIS

    Discharge of condition 4(detailed methodology on application P23/V0446/LB (amended details received 22/01/24) Repairs to the timber frame on the upper South East gable.

    Corrydon House, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PF

    Received 7 Dec 2023
  20. Decision MadeP24/V1847/LB

    Installation of two vents to the front elevation, decoration of existing timber lintel and erection of fences within the curtilage of the building (retrospective).

    The Thatched Cottage, 4 Oxford Road, Frilford Heath, Abingdon, OX13 5NR

    Received 27 Aug 2024
  21. Decision MadeP26/V0310/OH

    This scheme includes alterations to the high voltage (HV) overhead lines at Unit 1, Southdown Farm

    Unit 1, Southdown Farm, Faringdon Road, SN7 7UA

    Received 4 Feb 2026
  22. Decision MadeP21/V1279/LDP

    Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed rear extension

    Yew Tree Cottage, Main Street, East Challow, OX12 9SS

    Received 29 Apr 2021
  23. Decision MadeP21/V2671/DIS

    Discharge of condition 8 (Sustainable Drainage Scheme) on planning application P16/V0148/FUL Remediation of the former Liquid Effluent Treatment Plant and Sewage Farm including the creation of temporary access roads and car parks, erection of temporary waste processing/storage buildings, installation of temporary portacabins, temporary diversion and subsequent reinstatement of Icknield Way PRoW, improvements to Eighth Street, engineering operations (excavation works involving removal of underground tanks, structures and contaminated soil), installation of additional security fencing, and restoration of the site including the creation of a sustainable urban drainage lagoon, as well as backfilling, reprofiling, landscaping, planting and other ancillary works.

    Former Liquid Effluent Treatment Plant and Sewage Farm, Curie Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QQ

    Received 21 Sept 2021
  24. Decision MadeP24/V1005/LB

    Application for inset PV roof panels

    Ashbrook Mews, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA

    Received 13 May 2024

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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.

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