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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
9,932 approved · 916 refused · 1,050 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Manor Farm House, Kingston Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NX
Received 30 Jan 2026Mcdonalds Restaurant, Section Of A4130 Between Milton Interchange And New Farm, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4TX
Received 6 Mar 2024Didcot Power Station, (Land on the north side of Milton Road), Didcot, OX11 7YS
Received 14 Jul 2025Hills Yard, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8BY
Received 12 Mar 202619 Coleshill Drive Faringdon SN7 7FE
Received 7 May 2026Laurences, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PG
Received 3 Aug 202230 East St Helen Street, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 5EB
Received 28 Nov 2017Tubney Warren House, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QJ
Received 20 Dec 2023Westfield House, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8PN
Received 24 Jul 2023Land south of Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 28 Nov 20253 Wantage Road, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0LJ
Received 14 Apr 2021Police House, Buckland Road, Buckland, SN7 8QN
Received 21 Jun 2021The Hart Of Harwell, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EH
Received 17 Feb 2025The Garden House, 14 Abingdon Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QN
Received 15 Jun 2022Cambridge Villa, 57 Mill Street, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9AB
Received 26 Oct 20218 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5AP
Received 30 Apr 202515 St Helens Court, Abingdon, OX14 5BS
Received 16 Mar 202320 Tyrrells Close, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0LF
Received 17 Feb 2026Grounds farm Bungalow, Fernham Road, Uffington, FARINGDON, SN7 7RD
Received 19 Oct 2017Old Mission Hall, Bridge Farm, Littleworth, Faringdon, SN7 8JY
Received 26 Jun 202391 West Way, Oxford, OX2 9JY
Received 20 Jun 2025The Undercroft, Red Copse Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5ER
Received 7 Jan 2026St John's Church, Main Street, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LQ
Received 11 Jan 2018Great Field, Pusey, Faringdon, SN7 8RX
Received 16 May 2023Records 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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