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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
10,319 approved · 937 refused · 1,084 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The Studio House, Thames Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3HZ
Received 12 May 2021The Haven, Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PP
Received 30 Aug 2022Land at Manor Farm, Drayton, Oxon
Received 16 Aug 2017175 Kennington Road, Oxford, OX1 5PG
Received 31 Jan 201929 High Street Shrivenham Swindon SN6 8AN
Received 18 Sept 2026Lester Cottage, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 29 Nov 2024Sprivers, Fox Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DS
Received 17 Sept 2024Millbrook House, High Street, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4EL
Received 8 Apr 2025Land North of Rutherford Road, Crab Hill, Wantage
Received 4 Mar 2025Westfield House, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8PN
Received 23 Sept 202419 Loddon Close, Abingdon, OX14 3TB
Received 18 Aug 20213 Malthouse Paddock, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8RH
Received 3 Oct 202321A Wasbrough Avenue, WANTAGE, OX12 9BQ
Received 22 Jun 2017Timbers, 6 Coach Lane, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8AB
Received 24 Aug 2021Blade Motorcycles, Marcham Road, ABINGDON, OX14 1TZ
Received 25 Jul 2017Land East of Milton Hill, Abingdon
Received 15 Jun 20221 Kings Close, Letcombe Regis, WANTAGE, OX12 9JF
Received 7 Nov 20174 Cromwell House, Mullard Way, Abingdon, OX14 1DU
Received 18 Nov 20228 The Croft, West Hanney, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0LD
Received 30 Jan 2023Sutton Courtenay Pit, Appleford Road, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received 11 May 202212A Belmont, Wantage, OX12 9AS
Received 20 Jun 2018Land south of Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DF
Received 20 Mar 202527 Parsons Mead, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1LS
Received 19 Oct 2023Guild House Ormond Road Wantage OX12 8DZ
Received 15 Jun 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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