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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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
10,375 approved · 942 refused · 1,092 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Longcot Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8AL
Received 14 Aug 2024Watchfield, Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire, SN6 8RL
Received 23 Jun 202339 Tuckers Road, Faringdon, SN7 7YQ
Received 23 Dec 2021The Old Vicarage, Church Way, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PU
Received 6 Sept 2021Woodlands, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DL
Received 2 Aug 2021The Cottage, Station Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8JL
Received 19 Apr 2022King William House, London Road, Blewbury, DIDCOT, OX11 9PD
Received 3 Apr 2017Crest House, Vernon Avenue, Oxford, OX2 9AU
Received 5 Jul 202120 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9BP
Received 4 Aug 2017Site Of 1, Sugworth Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, OX14 2JR
Received 23 Dec 2024Minmere Barn, Buckland Road, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EL
Received 17 Apr 202352 Coleshill, Swindon, SN6 7PT
Received 20 Sept 2021High Street, Drayton
Received 4 Apr 2025Ravenswood, 10 Oxford Road, Farmoor, Oxford, OX2 9NN
Received 22 Jan 202648 Harwell Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4BW
Received 1 Oct 202413 The Croft, West Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0LD
Received 24 Nov 2021The Firs, Gainfield, Buckland, FARINGDON, SN7 8QQ
Received 19 Feb 2018Courtyard by Marriott (Oxford South), 6 6 Milton Gate, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4FP
Received 30 Oct 2024167 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5DL
Received 4 Jan 2021Land off The Lynch, East Hendred
Received 23 Jan 2018The Forge, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, OX12 9PL
Received 19 Oct 20259 Tower Close, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6PZ
Received 13 Jan 2021E W Morris Lowe & Oliver, Cumnor Road, Boars Hill, OXFORD, OX1 5JW
Received 22 Feb 2018Rectory House, Church Green, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, SN7 8HU
Received 20 Jun 2022Records 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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