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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
10,110 approved · 924 refused · 1,063 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Mar 2017 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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C Of E Junior School, Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DJ
Received 19 Mar 2026Pond House, Lyford, Wantage, OX12 0EF
Received 8 Jan 2019Tudor House, 20-22 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, ABINGDON, OX14 4NJ
Received 23 Mar 2018Pin Farm, Barleycott Lane, South Hinksey, Oxford, OX1 5BB
Received 9 Oct 2023Land West of Bellingers Garage, Station Road, Grove, OX120DH
Received 17 May 2018Land North of Dunmore Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PU
Received 21 Jul 2023Trident Business Park, Basil Hill Road, Didcot, OX11 7HJ
Received 7 Apr 2017Stonewold, Trinder Road, Wantage, OX12 8EE
Received 3 Feb 20223-7 Marlborough Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JE
Received 5 Jan 2022Albert Lodge, 111 Ock Street, Abingdon, OX14 5DQ
Received 22 Jan 2021Former Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 23 Oct 2025Land South of Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 5 Apr 2022Former Grove Airfield West of Grove, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road, Wantage
Received 5 Dec 2025Williams Farm, Cholswell Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6HW
Received 30 Oct 2023Cedar House, Oxford Road, Frilford, Abingdon, OX13 5NU
Received 8 Aug 2025Circourt Road, Denchworth, OX12 0DZ
Received 24 Oct 202536 Big Wood Park Sugworth Lane Radley Abingdon OX14 2LL
Received 13 May 202620 Queen Street, Abingdon, OX14 3LN
Received 30 Apr 2024Morters, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 7 Jul 2022Orchard House, Garford, Abingdon, OX13 5PF
Received 22 May 202541-43, Stert Street, Abingdon, OX14 3JF
Received 25 Feb 2022The Coach House Abingdon Road Sutton Courtenay Abingdon OX14 4NF
Received 24 Jul 2026Ashbrook House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9QA
Received 5 Sept 2024Rectory House, Broadbrook Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PT
Received 4 Sept 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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